embryonic
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To illustrate the embryonic technology’s potential danger, Mr. Bostrom imagines a superintelligent machine that is given the objective of maximizing production of paper clips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Since many ports lack the grid infrastructure to power so many energy-guzzling ships, and emission-capture technology is embryonic, ships may have no choice but to pay the fines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The key insight came when the researchers examined one of the earliest stages of embryonic development.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
She sprang from Zeus’ skull fully formed; her embryonic development reduced to a male deity’s headache.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
Each of these embryonic segments, Lewis knew, gives rise to a congruent segment found in the adult fly.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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