apocalyptic
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Wells’s apocalyptic vision of a world with air power, or the doom predicted from genetic engineering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Even before the GPT-2 paper, A.I. insiders have been issuing apocalyptic, god-in-the-machine proclamations about this software, professing fears that observers rarely followed up on and that almost never lived up to scrutiny.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mohamed, 46, who fled Mocha in the middle of the night, told AFP there was an "apocalyptic" atmosphere in the historic city.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It was almost apocalyptic," recalls retained firefighter Matt O'Hare, as he describes the scene that greeted him at the devastating wildfire in the New Forest.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
This apocalyptic cycle had occurred four times before.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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