techno-optimism

plural techno-optimisms

1. uncountableusuallyOptimism about the potential of technology.

   Near-synonym: cyberoptimism

   2 more examples

   In a nutshell, techno-optimism about machine consciousness (or simply “techno-optimism”) is a position that holds that if and when humans develop highly sophisticated, general purpose AIs, these AIs will be conscious. Indeed, these AIs may experience richer, more nuanced mental lives than humans do.⁸

   2019, Susan Schneider, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, Princeton University Press, page 23

   Altman’s dismissal by OpenAI’s board on Friday was the culmination of a power struggle between the company’s two ideological extremes—one group born from Silicon Valley techno-optimism, energized by rapid commercialization; the other steeped in fears that AI represents an existential risk to humanity and must be controlled with extreme caution.

   2023 November 20, Karen Hao, Charlie Warzel, “Inside the Chaos at OpenAI”, in The Atlantic

   Synonyms: cyberoptimism · Antonyms: technopessimism, technophobia, cyberphobia, computerphobia, Internetphobia