Example Sentences

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The prevailing theory is that the first to achieve AGI will secure a prize that multiplies itself: a self-training, recursively improving intelligence, growing exponentially and leaving all competitors in its wake.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

As a result, many in the transgender community pursue self-training at home without professional supervision, which increases their risk of learning unhealthy speech patterns that can damage vocal tissue.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2022

While playing games for an enthusiastic audience may seem like a dream job, it can be incredibly hard work that requires a tremendous amount of self-training, skill-up, and hustle.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

Furthermore, after eight hours of self-training it was also able to beat the previous version of itself at Go - winning 60 games and losing 40.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2017

Those 'great' butlers like Mr Marshall who have it, I am sure, acquired it over many years of self-training and the careful absorbing of experience.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro