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apocalyptic

[uh-pok-uh-lip-tik] / əˌpɒk əˈlɪp tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
fateful
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He has imagined apocalyptic scenarios like AI data centers snapping up land once used for agriculture and causing mass-starvation or AI engineers altering the earth’s atmosphere, making it inhospitable to humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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, a 46-year-old Yemeni, who left Mocha in the middle of the night, told AFP there was an "apocalyptic" atmosphere in the port city.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

News columns and cable programs featured lengthy discussions about how this happened and what to do about it, all presented against an apocalyptic backdrop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

And then, I brought down an apocalyptic, apoplectic, joy-to-the-great-world drumroll that made Mamita throw her head back and laugh her loud, girlish laugh.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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