techno-optimist

noun

Someone characterized by techno-optimism.

“Near-synonyms: cyberoptimist, boomer”

Similar
cyberoptimistboomer
Opposite
technophobecyberphobe
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Meanings

nountechno-optimist (plural techno-optimists)

plural techno-optimists

  1. Someone characterized by techno-optimism.

    Near-synonyms: cyberoptimist, boomer

    2 more examples

    [Sam] Altman, the techno-optimist bent on commercialization, lost out to [Ilya] Sutskever, the Brutus cum mad scientist fearful that super-smart AI poses an existential risk to humanity.

    2023 November 22, Derek Thompson, “The OpenAI Mess Is About One Big Thing”, in The Atlantic

    А camp of techno-optimists rebuffs A.I. doomerism with old-fashioned libertarian boomerism, insisting that all the hand-wringing about existential risk is a kind of mass hysteria.

    2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 42

    Synonyms: cyberoptimist, boomer · Antonyms: technophobe, cyberphobe

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone characterized by techno-optimism.

Similar
cyberoptimistboomer
Opposite
technophobecyberphobe
Also see
cyberoptimist
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