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He named his firm Situational Awareness after the title of a lengthy essay he published in June 2024 arguing that effectively superhuman artificial intelligence could arrive as soon as 2027.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Unlike many other scholarships, students are eligible for the funds without having to submit an essay, meet a minimum GPA or provide recommendation letters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Aubrey Palmer, a meteorology student at Mississippi State University, told the BBC that they and other students had just finished writing a 2,900‑word exam essay when a ransom message suddenly appeared on their screens.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“He is doing what he has done from the start. He is absorbing pressure that the institution would otherwise have to absorb without him,” he wrote in an essay Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Janet’s were hard because sometimes she had essay questions, but JR’s were harder because he liked to press his pencil into the paper so hard that it made mountains and rivers on the pages.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri