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idealist

[ahy-dee-uh-list] / aɪˈdi ə lɪst /


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Amodei is an idealist who represents the historically liberal wing of Silicon Valley, concerned about unleashing AI without proper guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025

Callaghan gives off a scintilla of Matt Damon vibes, but is his own Rudy, keeping his naive idealist free from leading-man tics.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025

And Chinese media describe him as a "technical idealist" - he insists on keeping DeepSeek as an open-source platform.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2025

I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

A product of upper-tier English society, he was also an aesthete and idealist with decidedly romantic sensibilities.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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