civilization
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Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil at the office and around the dinner table—and prompted AI leaders to call for more regulation of the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
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
The elevator attendant claims they have the fastest elevators in Western civilization.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
As a result, domestic animals did not reach sub-Saharan Africa until thousands of years after they began to be utilized by emerging Eurasian civilizations.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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