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oasis

[oh-ey-sis] / oʊˈeɪ sɪs /
NOUN
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In the dystopian sci-fi novel and film “Ready Player One,” future humans spend much of their lives in the OASIS, a virtual reality wonderland in which “the limits of reality are your own imagination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

An OpenAI staffer recently proposed the creation of a U.S. licensing agency for AI, which could be called the Office for AI Safety and Infrastructure Security, or OASIS, Reuters has reported.

From Reuters • May 16, 2023

Multiverses are “multiple different worlds connected in a network, which do not have a shared theme or ruleset,” including Ready Player One’s OASIS.

From The Verge • Oct. 4, 2021

Facing starvation and pervasive unemployment, many of the survivors have retreated into a sprawling virtual reality simulation called the OASIS.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2015

But I had no time to celebrate, because I was now standing smack-dab in the middle of the largest battle in the history of the OASIS.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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