techno-optimism

English

Etymology

From techno- +‎ optimism.

Noun

techno-optimism (usually uncountable, plural techno-optimisms)

  1. Optimism about the potential of technology.
    Antonyms: technopessimism; technophobia, cyberphobia, computerphobia, Internetphobia
    Coordinate terms: technodeterminism, techno-futurism, technophoria, techno-utopianism, cyberutopianism
    Near-synonym: cyberoptimism
    • 2019, Susan Schneider, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, Princeton University Press, page 23:
      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
    • 2023 November 20, Karen Hao, Charlie Warzel, “Inside the Chaos at OpenAI”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic‎[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 September 2026:
      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.
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