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
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. 14, 2026
Somewhere between admiration and accounts payable, civilization falters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Cook never warned Congress the iPhone might end civilization.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
He’d sleep deep in woods tonight, out of civilization, the riskiest part of the trip behind him.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The questions that define civilizations don’t always announce themselves cleanly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.
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
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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