computation
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Korinek, the UVA professor, says that for now the amount spent on AI computation isn’t so big that a tax on it would provide a windfall.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
There is a persistent belief in certain corners of the tech world that complex social problems can be eliminated through computation.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Still others argue the underlying assumption here may be mistaken—that consciousness may not be reducible to computation at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
"Diseases of the brain could be diseases of computation," Aimone said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026
For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing computation
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Expressions and Equations
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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