existential
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William Blair analyst Louie DiPalma warned that large-language AI models hiring Palantir employees could pose an existential threat to the company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Sufficiently advanced AI systems could, if not developed, deployed, and operated with appropriate safeguards, oversight, and security measures, pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity," Anthropic said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
To use one of this decade’s most overused words, the outrage seems existential.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
I think that’s more about the general existential feeling of helplessness in the face of things that are happening in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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