anthropic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of anthropic
First recorded in 1795–1805, anthropic is from the Greek word anthrōpikós human. See anthropo-, -ic
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Chat logs include a user asking Claude last year whether it wanted "to help me or do you want to help anthropic more?"
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Pope Leo is emphatic that whatever AI may be, it isn’t genuinely anthropic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The anthropic principle is a tautology masquerading as a truth, but it has proved remarkably resilient.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2021
Still, I sorely miss those wise, anthropic creatures, so I was delighted to open Nick McDonell’s novel “The Council of Animals” and discover some friendly critters engaged in witty banter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science or as support for the strong anthropic principle.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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