lifelike

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No matter how lifelike A.I. systems appear from the outside, we know that they are merely mathematical flip-books.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Although there are no known surviving paintings made in her lifetime, there are a handful of lifelike, yet contested, depictions left.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

The unnamed autobiographical narrator recalls viewing an exhibition of remarkably lifelike botanical models by the father-and-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We always knew our plushie toy collection was lifelike, but it seems we finally got the ultimate seal of approval," store manager Liam Bloomfield said.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

“Your Highness,” he would say, “it breathes. Stop my vitals — I fear if you make it any more lifelike, it will flit oil' the page.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson