{"id":5327,"date":"2025-04-30T16:25:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/?page_id=5327"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T21:00:31","slug":"a-cautiously-optimistic-agent","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/a-cautiously-optimistic-agent","title":{"rendered":"A Cautiously Optimistic Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent-1024x640.jpeg\" alt=\"If the outcome remains unknown, optimism is not useful and pessimism should be employed to exercise caution.\" class=\"wp-image-5565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/ior-2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/05\/Alireza-Kazemipour-A-Cautiously-Optimistic-Agent.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Submitted by:<\/td><td>Alireza Kazemipour<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Department:<\/td><td>Computing Science<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faculty:<\/td><td>Science<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The image describes how the principle of optimism in the face of uncertainty should be combined with pessimism to exercise caution in the face of perpetual uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Was your image created using Generative AI?<\/em><br>No.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How was your image created?<\/em><br>Principle of optimism in the face of uncertainty fosters courage and exploratory behavior. It should be combined with pessimism to exercise caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Where is the image located?<\/em><br>The image served as a banner in one of my papers to convey a theoretical concept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submission 2025 Submitted by: Alireza Kazemipour Department: Computing Science Faculty: Science The image describes how the principle of optimism in the face of uncertainty should be combined with pessimism to exercise caution in the face of perpetual uncertainty. 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