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Recent Examples of humanlike
The story feels eerily prescient as AI continues to infiltrate everyday life, with some humans beginning to form emotional bonds with the humanlike programs in their life.
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Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
LLMs are so seemingly humanlike, people envision computers replacing all customer service agents, summarizing or answering questions about a collection of thousands of documents, taking on the wholesale role of a data scientist or even making a company’s executive decisions.
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Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Film, vibration, sound and light converge around a faceless, humanlike figure moving through shifting states of existence.
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Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
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IEEE Spectrum,
6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
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K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
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Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
LLMs are so seemingly humanlike, people envision computers replacing all customer service agents, summarizing or answering questions about a collection of thousands of documents, taking on the wholesale role of a data scientist or even making a company’s executive decisions.
—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Film, vibration, sound and light converge around a faceless, humanlike figure moving through shifting states of existence.
—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanlike
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Will ChatGPT be building humanoid robots to hunt us down in 50 years time?
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The companies that win the humanoid race will need to have a great product, for sure.
Adjective
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Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel for ADF, pointed to Cross’s alleged experience as one of the human costs behind the legal fight.
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At the center of it all is Brent Charles’ sinewy Caius Martius Coriolanus, who runs through the play like a human scythe.
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“Humanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanlike. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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