run wild
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The greatest value of AI comes from its ability to run wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Well, if you let your paranoia run wild, quite a lot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
The fortified vault in Kentucky is closed to the public, allowing imaginations to run wild with conspiracies and myths: that the gold is gone or fake, or the vault contains alien objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
By contrast, when Franglen composed the music for the Wind Traders - a nomadic clan of salesmen, who travel by airship - he could let his imagination run wild.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
We were warned we might not for a while, but two whole weeks with not one word was making my imagination run wild.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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