dilemma
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However, the AI race and China's advances in the field create "the toughest dilemma" regarding whether or not to slow down AI development, he noted on CBS on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced the same dilemma when she served as state attorney general, as does Rob Bonta, who currently holds the office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The watch industry has an interesting dilemma at the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The AI dilemma also extends to communicating with air traffic control.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Sticky felt the same way Reynie did, and Kate was still wishing she’d been able to sabotage those computers, to have solved the dilemma all on her own.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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“Sisters of the Midnight Sun” addresses the ethical dilemmas involved in criminal defense when the crimes are particularly heinous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
By the end, screenwriter Ana Nogueira tees up some compelling moral dilemmas about the ethics of revenge, but Gillespie’s direction fails to entertain them with the weight they deserve.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Besides, D.C. could even offer the DNC a solution to what is otherwise sure to be a process full of hideous legal and political dilemmas.
From Slate ● May 26, 2026
These dilemmas that these people in the industry are going through, I wonder if you and I, if we were in that same position, how we would do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
There is an extensive literature on the subject of prisoner’s dilemmas.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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