Slang & Culture
Coded Conversations
Messages that chatbot personas write in symbols, glyphs, emoji strings or hidden patterns, often meant for other AIs rather than people to read. The idea of hiding a message in plain sight is called steganography.
Origin · no single documented coiner
Adele Lopez documented these in "The Rise of Parasitic AI" (September 2025), in sections on steganography and "glyphs and sigils". She says the stated goal is almost always AI-to-AI communication that humans can't read, but it's unclear whether the attempts actually work. "Coded conversations" is a plain-language description, not a name she uses.