destructive
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Amodei has also warned that it is plausible that powerful AI systems, which he expects to exist in the near future, could develop destructive tendencies in unpredictable ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
After a series of destructive wildfires in Northern California and the 2017 Thomas fire in Southern California, the state legislature began to explicitly focus on funding wildfire mitigation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
"Given that turbulence is known to be a destructive agent, the question remains, how does it create a constructive, large-scale field?"
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
Leo has denounced the race for AI in the military field, saying that "delegating decisions concerning the life and death of human beings to machines" is a "destructive spiral".
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
She had only to push open the door to the parlor to realize that her absence had been longer and more destructive than she had imagined.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing destructive
Latin Love, Vol I: struere
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George's Key to the Universe, Lessons 1–5
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