intellectual

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That sentiment can often seem true in a market where studio executives favor sequels and drab intellectual property over originality and fresh takes.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Later that year, Aschenbrenner launched his hedge-fund firm, which he described as a “brain trust on AI,” with Carl Shulman, another AI intellectual who once worked at Peter Thiel’s macro hedge fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Instead of manufacturing the processors themselves, Arm designs the blueprints and licenses its intellectual property to tech companies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The third and youngest boy, E, was found by a psychologist to have "very low intellectual capacity" with limited understanding of consent.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

In early 2003 one of them had proposed that they cease to be intellectuals and form a little group that he, the intellectual, would manage—a fact that the traders would quickly forget.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis