distinction
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The study highlights an important distinction between human and artificial intelligence.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
“Tone poem” is an overused term in cinema, but the humbling “Time and Water,” graced with a playful, atmospheric Dan Deacon score, earns that distinction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
On receiving his award, he said: "This distinction is more than personal."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
These are usually popularity contests, and those whose photographs are included have paid for that distinction.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
Gassendi saw no need to make an explicit distinction between the evidence of vestiges and the evidence of witnesses, but he certainly did not think that the scar ‘testifies’ to the wound.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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