The Effective Accelerationism, an emerging movement in the artificial intelligence (AI) field, is advocating for a rapid and unrestricted pursuit of technological progress, that bypasses traditional guardrails and gatekeepers of innovation.
- The group, formed on social media in 2022, brings together AI devotees who disdain regulators who may impede the advancement of AI and related technologies.
- Adherents of the movement are in opposition to those, like the Effective Altruists, who believe powerful AI could pose a threat to humanity if not properly restrained.
- Proponents of Effective Accelerationism (often shortened to “e/acc”), argue for the open-sourcing of AI software and are passionate about its untapped potential for benefit.
- The ideology is critiqued by some, such as Peter S. Park, an AI researcher at M.I.T. and the director of Stakeout.AI, an AI safety advocacy group, who describes e/acc as “a dangerous unaccountable ideology inspired by replacing humanity with AI.”
- Despite criticism, the movement has gained traction online and garnered support from notable figures in the tech industry including Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Note the increasing influence of effectively accelerating AI and celebrate the free and open approach of e/acc as AI continues to permeate all aspects of modern life.