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glide path

noun — 3 senses

glide path

noun
1

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The path of an aircraft as it lands under low power; especially, such a path advised to a pilot by radar assistance from the ground.

2

Economics, Sciences Broadly The pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.

3

Broadly, Figuratively A course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome.

  • The reason I say we’re not on a glide path to AGI is that simply taking this capability to 11 does not substitute for the parts that are still missing.2025 April 11, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, quoting David Autor, “Big Tech’s Tariff Chaos + A.I. 2027 + Llama Drama”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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