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beneficence

[buh-nef-uh-suhns] / bəˈnɛf ə səns /




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"AI cannot be viewed merely as a technical system. We need to develop a socio-technical system in which ethics is upheld through human agency, ensuring that AI delivers beneficence rather than maleficence."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The public appears to be less tolerant of high-tech executives’ claims of public beneficence than it has been in years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

“We presume that beneficence, compassion, empathy, sympathy or kindness will be processed by this other culture in ways similar or identical to ours.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Thanks to a delicate balance of force, beneficence, and self-interest, the United States would enjoy both great national wealth and historically unprecedented global dominance.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

Then, finally, it descended into the relatively cool, green beneficence of the Puget Sound region, perhaps the only region in America that was not sweltering that summer.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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