utilitarian

A cute AI agent is likely to generate more traction among consumers than a utilitarian large language model, Steinwold said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

He began with Kenyan utilitarian objects and commemorative sculptures before expanding into whatever captured his attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

In contrast, Wilson - often anchored by his ever-present pipe and Gannex coat - was famed for a pragmatic, utilitarian wardrobe that defined the "cloth-cap" socialism of the 1960s and 70s.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

China’s transportation sensibilities are aspirational and urban, where U.S. tastes lean toward the landed and utilitarian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

In one upper pocket of his jacket was arrayed a variety of pens and pencils; in the other nestled a lily-white handkerchief whose presence was more decorative than utilitarian.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

As Bostrom writes, "for standard utilitarians, priority number one, two, three, and four should … be to reduce existential risk," the fifth being to colonize space.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2022

For utilitarians, an agent’s intent and character are not morally relevant factors.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

For instance, utilitarians would support the use of genetic modification to eliminate disease and disability.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

According to utilitarians, rules are made to be broken, when you make people happier by breaking them.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2020

And I suppose the pleasure of kings and the peace of utilitarians ought fairly to outweigh the disappointments of the touring impression-seeker.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix