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On the subject of AI replacing heretofore normal human activities, Mr. Amodei, born in 1983, writes with the wide-eyed wonder of a high-school-aged techno-utopian.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
“We want to take the heretofore somewhat passive experience of going into a theater, and we want to expand that and give people a chance to do other things and have fun,” Brein said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
One of the things we know is that the Pentagon has uncovered a heretofore unknown Chinese drone that comes out of the water and transitions to flight.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Or, for that matter, super soldier serums that transform heretofore gentle scientists into a pair of Avengers.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023
It might get noised about that the Pontelliers had met with reverses, and were forced to conduct their ménage on a humbler scale than heretofore.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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Votes for Women!
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