effective accelerationism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
41
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A philosophical movement that supports the development of artificial intelligence being accelerated as much as possible for the good of humanity.
Uncountable
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."
- "On the face of it, "effective accelerationism", as it has been dubbed, would be easy to dismiss. It is a belief system that has emerged, mostly online, over the past 18 months to proselytise for unbridled, urgent technological advance, while railing against anything that gets in its way."
- "Critics and AI experts have regularly noted the influence of effective accelerationism in the tech industry, and warned of the dangers of letting its proponents maintain control of tech development."
- "Instead of effective altruism the Mar-a-Lago regular [Marc] Andreessen and others have embraced “effective accelerationism”, or the “deliberate propulsion of technological development” without guardrails."
Etymology
The name is a play on effective altruism and accelerationism, which both form the basis of effective accelerationism.
Usage
Inflected Forms
e/acc (abbreviation)