e/acc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "“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."
Usage
Inflected Forms
e/accs (plural)