accelerationism - by vincent huang - a slice of my mind

the poem transubstantiation is once again living rent-free in my head. it feels more relevant than ever, working in ai right now, my ears full of dull visions for the future, my eyes full of product demos that are only technically impressive, my heart full of unrequited love: it’s strange to think that at this time last year i was an accelerationist. i remember being irrationally excited for the release of gpt4 and the wave of apps it would enable. looking back i don’t think any of that came from a place of genuinely caring about technology; instead i think i was so fed up with the world i was living in that i wanted to do whatever i could to smash it to pieces - to end the inequalities of capitalism and american “democracy” and so on - and agi was the most convenient hammer to smash everything with. it wasn’t a very thoughtful position, but i don’t apologize for having taken it. A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth. and so i can’t help but wo

the poem transubstantiation is once again living rent-free in my head. it feels more relevant than ever, working in ai right now, my ears full of dull visions for the future, my eyes full of product demos that are only technically impressive, my heart full of unrequited love: it’s strange to think that at this time last year i was an accelerationist. i remember being irrationally excited for the release of gpt4 and the wave of apps it would enable. looking back i don’t think any of that came from a place of genuinely caring about technology; instead i think i was so fed up with the world i was