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techno-optimist

techno-optimist noun: someone characterized by techno-optimism.

Noun

techno-optimist (plural techno-optimists)

  1. Someone characterized by techno-optimism.
    • Near-synonyms: cyberoptimist, boomer
    • [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

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Forms of techno-optimist

pluraltechno-optimists

Questions about techno-optimist

What does techno-optimist mean?
Techno-optimist means someone characterized by techno-optimism.
What part of speech is techno-optimist?
Techno-optimist is a noun.
What is the plural of techno-optimist?
The plural of techno-optimist is techno-optimists.

Words near techno-optimist in the dictionary

  1. techno-futurism
  2. techno-futurist
  3. techno-futurists
  4. techno-nationalism
  5. techno-optimism
  6. techno-optimist
  7. techno-optimists
  8. techno-organizational
  9. techno-oriental
  10. techno-orientalism
  11. techno-pessimism

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