programmed

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The Familiar must be programmed to handle these scenarios, like an autonomous vehicle is programmed to handle tricky intersections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“AI is a tool … but it is created by someone, it is programmed by someone, it is controlled by someone,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Bauer College of Business, whose research likens its effect on our senses to that of a shimmering body of water, which we’re evolutionarily programmed to perceive as a vital resource.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, the team programmed Yarrowia lipolytica to produce these sterols efficiently.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

“I cannot follow that order because I am not programmed to be violent.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown