Accelerationism, Decels & The Future Swetlana AI · Follow 5 min read · Just now — AI discourse is in tension between optimism and apprehension. Let’s look at the two contrasting movements: e/acc and decels. How much acceleration is too much? [Image by author / Ideogram] AI can (and will) catalyze human progress. The question is only how fast. And this is how we ended up with two groups of people: The “accelerationists” and The “decels” (decelerationists) These two terms are just a fancy way of saying proponents vs. skeptics. If accelerationists were to decide the technological future, we’d focus on rapid development and deployment of AI. To decels, who are the counter-movement, AI progress should be slowed down (or even halted, in some cases). Let’s compare these two […]
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