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Kirchner

American  
[keersh-ner, keerk-, keerkh-nuhr] / ˈkɪərʃ nər, ˈkɪərk-, ˈkirx nər /

noun

  1. Ernst Ludwig, 1880–1938, German expressionist artist.


Kirchner British  
/ kirçnər /

noun

  1. Ernst Ludwig. 1880–1938, German expressionist painter and printmaker; a founder of the group die Brücke (1905)

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Kirchner wanted to warn that human extinction could come within one to three years; Allen didn’t want to mention specific dates.

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Elmore kicked Kirchner out of the group, she said.

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But if Elmore was too extreme for the rationalists and effective altruists, Kirchner and others quickly became too hardcore for Pause AI.

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The investigator hopped on stage and served Altman a subpoena, naming him as a potential witness in the continuing criminal case against Kirchner for blocking OpenAI’s entrance.

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The coroner, one Jason Kirchner, was an inoffensive-looking little fellow with a Caspar Milquetoast mustache and an underslung jaw.

From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam

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