Meaning of effective accelerationist | Babel Free

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A proponent of effective accelerationism.

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“Effective accelerationists essentially believe⟳ that tech is universally good, that our planet is doomed, and that the only way to save⟳ the human species is by letting capital and resources flow⟳ upwards, so that beneficent billionaire autocrats can one day send⟳ us to a colony on Mars. Or something. Maybe.”

“As I wrote Monday, [Sam] Altman's ouster inflamed a long-simmering feud between two ideologies in the artificial intelligence space: on one side, the effective altruists deathly afraid of going too fast with A.I., and on the other, the "effective accelerationists," or e/accs, who believe⟳ we aren't going fast enough.”

“Though Schiffmann does not label⟳ himself an effective accelerationist, he does share⟳ their overwhelming optimism about AI.”

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