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English word

useful

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈjuːsfl/US /ˈjuːsfl/
adjective

that can help you to do or achieve what you want

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
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Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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The things that are currently missing are enough intelligence for the robot to navigate the real world and do useful things without being explicitly instructed.

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Um, so patents are mostly useful in a defensive situation rather than offensive.

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