Optimism
Anticipating the best possible outcome, or a predilection to favorable construction of actions. The belief that this is the best of all possible worlds.
Articles on KurzweilAI.net that refer to Optimism
How Long Before Superintelligence? By Nick BostromPostscript Re: Ray Kurzweil By Jaron Lanier
The Age Intelligent Machines, Chapter Six: Electronic Roots By Ray Kurzweil
Man-Computer Symbiosis By J.C.R. Licklider
Forecasts and Alternative Futures By Sohail Inayatullah
The Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension By Ray Kurzweil
The Technological Singularity By Vernor Vinge
How the Mind Works By Steven Pinker
Chapter 5: Thinking Machines By K. Eric Drexler
What is the Singularity? By John Smart
News Articles that refer to Optimism
Report from from 'The Future of Life' conferenceThe Road to a 1,000-Year Life Span
The Future That Wasn't
Source of 'optimism' found in the brain
Optimism as Artificial Intelligence Pioneers Reunite
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