programmed
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On the surface, it seems like harmless video game humor, and I’m sure we’ve all had encounters with actual humans that resembled interacting with tautological machines programmed with limited responses.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Machines programmed to sort merchandise in warehouses hit kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The excess immune cells can then die through apoptosis, a controlled form of programmed cell death that allows the body to remove unneeded, damaged or cancerous cells without causing inflammation or harming nearby tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The idea that you’re kind of programmed by your parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
We have been programmed that it’s something that’s wrong with us.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
