unproductive

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In a 2024 interview, Amodei said he had a different vision for how AI safety should be handled, and “it’s incredibly unproductive to try and argue with someone else’s vision,” so he left.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Managers were ordered to stop spending weeks preparing elaborate slideshows for unproductive talkfests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Banks are sitting on trillions in unproductive reserves because they have no idea what liquidity costs.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 31, 2025

Rangers sacked Russell Martin after 17 games on 5 October and held unproductive talks with former manager Steven Gerrard, Rohl and ex-Ibrox defender Kevin Muscat.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

I already mentioned that early Korean farming was relatively unproductive and resulted only in poor farmers outclassed by rich hunters.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond