apocalypse
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I find it perplexing that people talk about the apocalypse as if it’s happening later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
If there were “a Terminator- or Matrix-like apocalypse, the rebellion will be right here.”
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Loss of control: The AI apocalypse is closer than you think.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The threat that artificial intelligence tools will fuel a software apocalypse has rattled stocks, triggered record withdrawals from private-debt funds and stirred fears of a new type of credit crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
It might be so bad that every one of our atoms would be torn apart during the apocalypse.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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