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Meaning of IBM Pollyanna Principle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The axiom that "machines should work; people should think".

Examples

“e.g. machines should do all the hard work, freeing people to think (hence the reference to Pollyanna)”
“e.g. most of the world's major problems result from machines that fail to work, and people who fail to think.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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