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Make Yourself Human Again

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A bold few say simply “Yes.” Many say “No.” Some clever ones reject the notion of either the choice or the possibility. Others simply avoid the question. It has become fashionable recently in silicon valley twitter circles to brand oneself with the “e/acc” meme ideology, short for “effective accelerationism.” The basic idea is to accelerate technological civilization and in particular AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) by any means necessary, and prevent any one party or government from controlling or regulating the overall process. That is, if we take the idea of AGI seriously, the aim is to accelerate the replacement and extinction of humanity by machines. But the e/acc movement overall isn’t this explicit or even clear-minded. They don’t necessarily take AGI seriously, but use it as a sort of political totem. Instead, acceleration is identified with optimistic utopianism, with the tech industry, with being “based,” with a16z portfolio companies, and with political resistance to t

Javier García/Man Should humanity be exterminated and fully replaced by machines? A bold few say simply “Yes.” Many say “No.” Some clever ones reject the notion of either the choice or the possibility. Others simply avoid the question. It has become fashionable recently in silicon valley twitter circles to brand oneself with the “ e/acc ” meme ideology, short for “effective accelerationism.” The basic idea is to accelerate technological civilization and in particular AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) by any means necessary, and prevent any one party or government from controlling or regula

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