e/acc

plural e/accs

1. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of effective accelerationism.

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   The ideas of effective accelerationism appear to have their genesis in the theories of Nick Land, a British philosopher who lectured at the University of Warwick and has come to be known as the father of the broader accelerationism movement. ¶ The more formalized e/acc idea has taken shape on Twitter and through Substack newsletters since 2022.

   2023 July 28, Hasan Chowdhury, “Get the lowdown on 'e/acc' — Silicon Valley's favorite obscure theory about progress at all costs, which has been embraced by Marc Andreessen”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2023

   What began largely as a joke to lampoon the EA movement would quickly enshrine its polar opposite spirit: Where EA and the broader AI safety community cultivated the most extreme perspectives about slowing down and even slamming the brakes on AI development, or, as in [Dario] Amodei’s view, accelerating AI development while throttling AI adoption, e/acc would elevate the maximalist view of flooring the accelerator on both.

   2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN

2. abbreviationcountableAbbreviation of effective accelerationist.

   “We must steal the fire of intelligence from the gods [and] use it to propel humanity towards the stars,” a leading e/acc recently tweeted.

   2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 42

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   Sam Altman has played digital footsie with these guys, tweeting at Beff Jezos, "You cannot outaccelerate me" and speaking to the need to "colonize space" with AGI, earning the e/accs' devotion.

   2023 November 20, Nitish Pahwa, “What the Heck Just Happened at OpenAI??”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2023