- present participle of speculate.
speculating
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There is no evidence that AI systems are conscious, deserve rights or welfare, he said, and he is surprised by the pushback to his September essay criticizing Anthropic for speculating about Claude’s consciousness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Wall Street had been speculating whether Meta would begin leasing out its data-center capacity as a way of monetizing its AI infrastructure in a highly profitable manner.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Viewers found this endearing, speculating that the robot was “bashful” or suffering from social anxiety.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
The results “looked quite believable,” he said, speculating that many of the images that have gone viral on social media may have been produced using older models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
And he was certain that speculating about my reasons for running away was beside the point.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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