theoretical

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It also aims to “accelerate the economy” and give “everyone on Earth” access to personal artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a theoretical AI that can operate at or above a human level.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

All of that said, we should note the governor’s race has yet to be officially decided and Steyer still has at least a theoretical possibility of slipping into the top two.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The paper claimed the first discovery of a Majorana fermion, a theoretical particle central to the tech giant’s quantum computing effort.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

"It provides a very versatile, stable spin connection between electrons and photons that is the theoretical basis of quantum communication. Typically, however, the electrons lose their spin too quickly to be useful."

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

When the random sample selected contains one thousand people, the theoretical 95 percent confidence interval for estimating the percentage who favor candidate X or dog food Y is about plus or minus 3 percent.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos