In the latest sign of the times, the Economic Times — the second most widely-read English-language newspaper in the world, as of 2012 — picked the word “Kafkaesque” as its “Word of the Day” earlier this week. Netizens have been dunking on the screwup all day, but so far the Economic Times has left the butchered image live on the article. Or maybe “Kafkaesliue.”“In simple terms, Kafkaesque is what happens when reality stops making sense but still insists you comply,” the Economic Times‘ more-than-likely AI-generated copy explains. Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have indeed turned our media environment upside down — in an “absurd, oppressive, and strangely unreal” fate, in the words of the Economic Times. More on AI journalism: Media Execs Prepare for AI to Bring End of Journalism Industry