Pollyannaism
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Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang doesn’t buy into the idea of AI doomerism, nor does he buy into AI Pollyannaism, he told attendees at The Korea Society’s annual gala on Monday evening in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Sure, it is easy to dismiss some of this as so much Pollyannaism.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2010
That may sound less like optimism than Pollyannaism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In fact, as Humphrey watched the West Virginia returns on TV, he offered a characteristic Pollyannaism about that race twelve years ago: "I personally suffered a political defeat, but the nation gained a great President."
From Time Magazine Archive
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