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attempt

B2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /əˈtempt/US /əˈtempt/
noun

an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult, often with no success

verb

to make an effort or try to do something, especially something difficult

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Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture
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on the Moon or a base on Mars—and particularly if we attempt to make a self-sustaining base...

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture

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And then the long-term thing is an attempt to address the civilizational risk of AI by bringing digital intelligence and biological intelligence closer together.

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