programmed
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Artificial limbs programmed for specific movements end up flailing in surprisingly chaotic ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Though the drone was programmed to travel to a particular gas station by human operators, its final target mostly likely was selected by the weapon’s own internal system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
In effect, it allows heat to be programmed in a way that resembles how data is stored and controlled inside a computer chip.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Male and female U1s can speak through an artificial intelligence tool programmed by the company to offer soothing words if it detects fatigue or stress, and get to know its user over time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
