To airt – Proposal for an English Verb for Interacting with Artificial Intelligence

“To airt” is proposed as an English verb for asking, prompting, consulting, or guiding an artificial intelligence in order to obtain information, ideas, advice, explanations, or other results. Example uses include: “Just airt it.”, “I already airted it.” and “Try airting it differently.” The proposal addresses an emerging lexical gap in everyday language. While “to google” provides a concise verb for searching the web, interaction with systems such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and other AI systems is commonly described using longer or provider-specific expressions. The proposed AI-related meaning of “to airt” has an additional semantic connection to the historical Scots verb “airt”, which is attested with meanings related to directing, guiding, or pointing the way. In prompting an AI, a user likewise gives direction to an artificial intelligence. The spelling also visibly begins with “AI”. This publication does not claim the word “airt” itself as a new coinage. It proposes and documents a new AI-related meaning and usage of the existing verb. The proposal was developed as an English counterpart to the German neologism “kinstlern”, proposed by the same author in August 2026 to mean “to ask or consult an AI”. The proposed usage is intended for general and unrestricted use.