dismissing
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Also worth noting is Yann LeCun, who shared the Turing Award with Hinton and Bengio and has spent years dismissing their warnings of existential danger as overblown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
“But I’m not dismissing the threat because it is very real.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Despite developing the machine with scientists, Ernetti’s claims of what he saw — including Christ’s crucifixion — quickly became sensationalized fodder, with some believing in Ernetti’s discovery and others dismissing it as a hoax.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The proceedings had barely begun when Bessent mocked Canada’s military, dismissing it with a reference to a decommissioned amusement-park ride.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She shook her head, as if dismissing an idea.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
