Neither have I, but judging by one of the tweets it stands for “effective acclerationist”? Which I guess means trying to get as much tech as possible and trusting [society? markets? individual users?] to deal effectively with any problem that comes up?
We expect e/acc to compile as “scary” for many EAs, although that’s not the goal. We think EA has a lack of focus and is missing an element of willingness to accept the terms of the deal in front of humanity — i.e. to be good stewards of a consciousness-friendly technocapital singularity or die trying.
Unlike EA, e/acc
Doesn’t advocate for modernist technocratic solutions to problems
Isn’t passively risk-averse in the same way as EAs that “wish everything would just slow down”
Isn’t human-centric — as long as it’s flourishing, consciousness is good
Isn’t in denial about how fast the future is coming
Rejects the desire for a panopticon implied by longtermist EA beliefs
Like EA, e/acc:
Is prescriptive
Values more positive valence consciousness as good
Values zero recognizable consciousness in the universe as the absolute worst outcome.
I agree with some of these allegedly not EA ideas and disagree wih some of the allegedly EA ones (“more positive valence consciousness = good”). But I’m not sure the actual manifesto has anything to do with any of these.
Neither have I, but judging by one of the tweets it stands for “effective acclerationist”? Which I guess means trying to get as much tech as possible and trusting [society? markets? individual users?] to deal effectively with any problem that comes up?
It’s something that was recently invented on Twitter, here is the manifesto they wrote: https://swarthy.substack.com/p/effective-accelerationism-eacc?s=w
It’s only believed by a couple people afaict, and unironically maybe by no one (although this doesn’t make it unimportant!)
I agree with some of these allegedly not EA ideas and disagree wih some of the allegedly EA ones (“more positive valence consciousness = good”). But I’m not sure the actual manifesto has anything to do with any of these.