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recursive

[ri-kur-siv] / rɪˈkɜr sɪv /
ADJECTIVE
returning back
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Traditionally, AI systems compute these derivatives using a process called recursive automatic differentiation.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

As we watch his experiments, we first see and then feel their reactions in recursive proof of cause and effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we’ve heard a lot of recursive testimony over the past week, and I think it’s safe to say we’ve all learned a lot about A.I.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2023

These recursive efforts were not, however, acts of simple repetition; they reflected an urge to dig ever deeper into subjects that mattered to him most.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2023

And I fell pretty far down that recursive wormhole until it transported me completely out of the White River High School cafeteria into some non-sensorial place only properly crazy people get to visit.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green



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