programmed
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The idea that you’re kind of programmed by your parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
AI agents are essentially AI chatbots that are programmed to operate somewhat autonomously.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Unlike the 2019 GPT-2 paper, this fearmongering has broken through in a remarkable way, prompting the public to panic over stories about programmed “agents” from the aforementioned firms hacking into other companies’ infrastructure.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mr. Adams’s new work would receive its premiere at the start of the next season, but only after those dates—the beginning of Maazel’s tenure as music director in New York—had already been programmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I cannot follow that order because I am not programmed to be violent.”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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