E/acc Techno-Optimism Backfires

BUSINESS INSIDER The 'Effective Accelerationism' movement doesn't care if humans are replaced by AI as long as they're there to make money from it Analysis by Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert and Hannah Getahun Dec 30, 2023, 9:39 PM AST ‘It’s a cult’: Inside effective accelerationism, the pro-AI movement taking over Silicon Valley — They have “e/acc” on their X handles and sun god memes in their social feeds Artificial Intelligence People who added e/acc to bio because they thought it meant techno-optimism Learning they accidentally promoted a pro-extinction ideology

Скриншот статьи Business Insider о движении эффективного ускорения и меме с двумя реакциями. Слева Мистер Исключительный выглядит довольным, а справа мрачное лицо узнаёт, что добавление «e/acc» в биографию якобы означает поддержку проэкстинкционной идеологии. Шутка высмеивает людей, которые использовали термин как знак технооптимизма, не разобравшись в его политическом и идеологическом смысле. EN: A screenshot of a Business Insider article about effective accelerationism, paired with a two-panel reaction meme. On the left, Mr. Incredible looks pleased, while on the right, a grim face realizes that adding “e/acc” to a bio supposedly promoted a pro-extinction ideology. The joke mocks people who used the term as a sign of techno-optimism without understanding its political and ideological meaning.

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