Homo Techne Reid: How should we reconcile that negativity bias when confronting revolutionary changes, such as artificial intelligence? Surely optimism isn’t enough on its own, since as you pointed out, fear is a rational response in some cases. GPT-4: I think it’s important to be realistic and prag- matic when it comes to new technologies like artificial intelligence. We should be aware of the potential risks and dangers, but not allow fear or negativity to paralyze us. We need to keep pushing forward, taking smart pre- cautions, and working to harness the benefits of these technologies while minimizing the potential harms. And as individuals, it can be helpful to remind ourselves that there is a lot of good in the world, even if it doesn’t always make the headlines. I don’t at all mean to discount the major challenges we face, or suggest that a more optimistic outlook alone might inoculate us against adversity. There’s never a sure or straightforward path to a better future. In fact, it’s the magnitude of challenges like climate change, pandemics, economic justice, and systemic racism that make a fiercely optimistic mindset so necessary. If we want to make meaningful progress, we have to think boldly and ambitiously about what we can accomplish, and strengthen our resolve by recognizing that, despite all these very real challenges, humanity has accomplished great things in recent decades. Over the last thirty years, global poverty rates have plummeted. Global child mortality has declined by half over a similar timespan. Although there is still much more to do to combat climate change, the combined emissions of six common air pollutants has dropped by 78 percent in the U.S. since the Clean Air Act of 1970. Decades of progress in devel- oping RNA therapeutics allowed Moderna and Pfizer to develop 195