primrose path
noun
1
: a path of ease or pleasure and especially sensual pleasure
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads …—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare2
: a path of least resistance
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There are 700 million weekly active users of ChatGPT, and perhaps billions of users when adding in the usage of competing LLMs, all of whom are potentially being led down a primrose path by AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The use of words like understands, thinks, and reasons are all subtle and sneaky ways to lead you down a primrose path to believing that contemporary AI is sentient.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Houston is trying to become the first men’s team in more than a decade to play in a Final Four in its hometown, but even though the Cougars have a No. 1 seed, their path home for a championship is hardly a stroll along a primrose path.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
And a few surface-level parallels between President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor in the 1990s suggest some perils for Republicans expecting a primrose path to the White House in 2024.
—Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
Seventy-one years later one can reasonably ask: Has any other couture house traveled the primrose path of fashion with such enduring cultivation, refinement and romance?
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The use of words like understands, thinks, and reasons are all subtle and sneaky ways to lead you down a primrose path to believing that contemporary AI is sentient.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Houston is trying to become the first men’s team in more than a decade to play in a Final Four in its hometown, but even though the Cougars have a No. 1 seed, their path home for a championship is hardly a stroll along a primrose path.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
And a few surface-level parallels between President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor in the 1990s suggest some perils for Republicans expecting a primrose path to the White House in 2024.
—Patrick T. Brown, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
Seventy-one years later one can reasonably ask: Has any other couture house traveled the primrose path of fashion with such enduring cultivation, refinement and romance?
—WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
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“Primrose path.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/primrose%20path. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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