needless
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Anthropic on Thursday moved to bar users from treating its Claude AI system with needless cruelty, amid a growing philosophical debate over whether artificial intelligence can be conscious.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
This inspires a funny magic bit set in a fantasy DMV office—much preferable to a real one, needless to say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Louise Haigh, Burnham's deputy, has vowed to "strip out needless bureaucracy" from government more generally, citing an example of there being three public consultations between 2019 and 2023 on whether to microchip cats.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But because they screen so thoroughly, they can also lead to needless biopsies, expenses, and anxiety.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The dark blue shimmered like the deep sea, as if there were infinite depths within the color, and needless to say, it looked amazing on him.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
