idealist

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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

“A moral man who led an immoral life, an idealist who had betrayed his ideals. No one despised Richard as much as Richard himself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 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

“That young idealist must be floundering somewhere at this very moment. It will break the girls’ hearts, just as it’s breaking mine.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole