the Holy Grail
noun
: the cup that is said to have been used by Jesus Christ and that was sought by knights during the Middle Ages
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Gilpin’s Sister Simone rejects Mrs. Davis outright, and things become complicated when the system tasks her with destroying the Holy Grail in exchange for the AI shutting down completely.
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Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Wanting our beverages to do more than just quench our thirst isn’t a new phenomenon (see also: coffee; booze; whatever people sipped from the Holy Grail).
—Keren Landman, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
Most significantly of all, GPT has achieved the Holy Grail of AI: passing the Turing Test, where humans cannot tell that text has been produced ‘artificially’.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Graham Chapman stars as King Arthur in this merry send-up of medieval misfortunes.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
Wanting our beverages to do more than just quench our thirst isn’t a new phenomenon (see also: coffee; booze; whatever people sipped from the Holy Grail).
—Keren Landman, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
Most significantly of all, GPT has achieved the Holy Grail of AI: passing the Turing Test, where humans cannot tell that text has been produced ‘artificially’.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Graham Chapman stars as King Arthur in this merry send-up of medieval misfortunes.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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“The Holy Grail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Grail. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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