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Altman, Amodei, and Hassabis have all said that aspects of the current AI-spending craze are bubble-like—in other words, that the hundreds of billions of dollars being dumped into building godlike AGIs may not yield a commensurate return.—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 2 Feb. 2026 This is absolute ground truth, publicly attested by a shameful flight from Afghanistan, a humiliating proxy defeat of America’s godlike technology and expertise in Ukraine, and a comedy of errors clawing to punish Yemeni Houthis.—Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2026 This argument, though frighteningly specious, represents a growing belief that A.I. will be an all-wise, all-knowing, godlike operator, one that can benevolently guide life on earth, and beyond, better than humanity ever could.—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026 Paul Weller is still a godlike figure, but the Jam themselves had a really distinct chemistry and sounded very volatile onstage and are among the great punk groups.—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for godlike
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of godlike was
before the 12th century