glide path

English

Noun

glide path (plural glide paths)

  1. (aviation) 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, by extension) The pattern of systematic withdrawal of money from a retirement portfolio.
  3. (figuratively, by extension) A course that leads smoothly to a particular outcome.
    • 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[1], →ISSN:
      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.

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