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geek

[geek] / gik /


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The anonymous math geek who quit Anthropic and became the face of AI safety.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

One way he did that was by revealing his inner geek.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

But to my eyes, this fandom appears to be a place where anyone is welcome to fantasize, dream, draw, speculate or just plain geek out.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026

Intelligent, funny, curious and humble, Gosling’s Grace is essentially a clone of the character Matt Damon played in 2015’s “The Martian,” a geek you want to grab an intergalactic beer with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Seanie was such a video-game-internet geek with a strong stalker flavor to his personality.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

This might not come as a surprise to the geeks who eat, breathe and sleep all things retirement.

From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026

Privacy geeks have been warning of this moment for decades, not just in the realms of science fiction, but even on the pages of Salon, back when a digital magazine was a novel idea.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

One corner of Sundance was just for the geeks: the Holiday Village Cinemas, a humble quadraplex that hosted press and industry screenings from breakfast till dark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

Unfortunately for history geeks, there are no current plans to build a tunnel through the area just yet.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

When I read these messages, I would ask other geeks to try and remember that, no matter what.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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