How native speakers pronounce “useful”

you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept no one wants to die even people

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

So the hierarchy is rooted on two ideas. Number one, that the most useful subjects for work are at the top. So you were probably steered benignly away from things at school

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

where these things can be running autonomously, continuously in the background and doing useful work on our behalf. So what did we actually accomplish with this mission?

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

to ride bicycles with their friends and to do errands so that they can feel useful. I'll give you one example.

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

I built an entire way of moving through the world around staying alert, staying useful, staying on. I was reflexively disembodied,

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

into its algorithmic singularity. Making these simulations more detailed can make them more useful, but it does not make them any more real.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED