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After months of city meetings capped by one held outdoors in a snowstorm, the battle lines were drawn in one of metro Detroit's most upscale neighborhoods.
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Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2024
Maps of Ukraine counteroffensive and Russian defenses show advances, battle lines
From 2022: Fighting rages around Europe's biggest nuclear power plant
Contributing: Tom Vanden Brook, Carlie Procell, USA TODAY.
—Shawn J. Sullivan, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
The virtual battle lines, meanwhile, only became more firmly entrenched.
—P. W. Singer, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
In a field full of beliefs that range from creating godlike entities to the destruction of humanity in sci-fi scenarios or wasteful environmental harm, battle lines have already been drawn, and AI is already deeply political.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
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Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2024
Maps of Ukraine counteroffensive and Russian defenses show advances, battle lines
From 2022: Fighting rages around Europe's biggest nuclear power plant
Contributing: Tom Vanden Brook, Carlie Procell, USA TODAY.
—Shawn J. Sullivan, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
The virtual battle lines, meanwhile, only became more firmly entrenched.
—P. W. Singer, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
In a field full of beliefs that range from creating godlike entities to the destruction of humanity in sci-fi scenarios or wasteful environmental harm, battle lines have already been drawn, and AI is already deeply political.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 17 July 2024
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“Battle line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20line. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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