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
To use one of this decade’s most overused words, the outrage seems existential.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
A whistleblower had gained viral attention warning the technology could soon pose an existential threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
In an era when creative minds are feeling the existential threat of fast-moving tech, readers still seek authors like James whose style no AI agent—or any other human—can replicate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
She also plays with to be, the quintessential^ existential verb, to engage our existential puzzlement: Would I then be someone else or would I just no longer be?...
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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