civilization
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If tech bros are saying that AI might someday break containment and take down civilization, that sounds like an accountability sink coupled with an investor pitch.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
“How do you conquer a civilization and a people?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
WASHINGTON—A groundswell of urgency over artificial intelligence is surging in Congress amid growing fears that the technology could destroy civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Somewhere between admiration and accounts payable, civilization falters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Each civilization had its own term for the People, but they were undoubtedly members of the same hidden family.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
For more than a century, the National Museum has preserved a remarkable collection of clay tablets from some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
This alone, quite apart from the contents of the message, provides a powerful justification for the search for other civilizations.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing civilization
We the People: Civ
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Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires - Introductory
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