as in underestimation
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Recent Examples of overestimation
Yet, ironically, quantifying the number 11 with underestimations and overestimations cheapens him.
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
This underperformance of Pfizer stock can be attributed to declining revenues after the surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand during the pandemic and the company’s overestimation of Covid-19 products demand in the long run.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Hearing a voice can definitely make an AI seem more human-like, which might lead to some overestimation of emotions or understanding.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
My guess is that OpenAI will someday be seen as the WeWork moment of AI, a dramatic overestimation of value.
—Gary Marcus, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
This underperformance of Pfizer stock can be attributed to declining revenues after the surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand during the pandemic and the company’s overestimation of Covid-19 products demand in the long run.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Hearing a voice can definitely make an AI seem more human-like, which might lead to some overestimation of emotions or understanding.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
My guess is that OpenAI will someday be seen as the WeWork moment of AI, a dramatic overestimation of value.
—Gary Marcus, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimation
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Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (127) and cellphones (703) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (274).—
Victoria Balara,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Table 1 shows the number of times each problem has ranked highest since the first survey in October 1973.—
William Dunkelberg,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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