``Effective Accelerationism (e/acc)'', which claims that ``AI regulationists are pessimists'' and aims to accelerate growth in an unregulated market, is popular in the tech industry, and what is e/acc, which Sam Altman also supports? What is it?



As AI research and development progresses rapidly, voices calling for greater emphasis on AI safety are becoming more prominent. On the other hand, in the tech industry, the idea of `` Effective Accelerationism (e/acc), '' which states that ``technological progress should be accelerated without limit without regulating technology,'' is also spreading.

This AI Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/technology/ai-acceleration.html

A New Wave in AI: The Rise of Effective Accelerationism – Cryptopolitan
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As AI research and development progresses rapidly, there is a growing fear that AI will have an irreversible negative impact on human society, and researchers and companies are being urged to prioritize the safety of AI. There are also growing calls for government regulation. This way of thinking used to be called ``Effective Altruism (EA)'' because it takes an approach based on data, but it has also come to be used simply to refer to a cautious stance toward AI. became. In contrast, he criticized supporters of EA as ``decels'' and ``doomers'' and ``there is no need for regulation of technology, and an environment where research and development can proceed freely is important.'' ``Effective Accelerationism'' is also gaining popularity.

Supporters of effective accelerationism refer to their idea as 'e/acc,' and around 2022, small communities to discuss e/acc began to form on the Internet. . Supporters of e/acc primarily spread their ideas through social media and newsletters, with individuals calling themselves ``Bev Jezos'' and ``Bayes'' playing a central role. . The identities of Bev Jezos and Bayes remained unknown, but on December 1, 2023, foreign media Forbes reported, ``Guillaume, a former Google employee who founded the AI company Extropic in 2022. Mr. Verdon has admitted that he is Bev Jesus.'

In June 2022, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to Bev Jezos by saying, ``You can't accelerate faster than me,'' and he himself has ideas similar to effective accelerationism. It suggested that. However, according to the New York Times, the influence of e/acc was not that great as of 2022.




However, e/acc gradually expanded its influence, and celebrities began to express their support for e/acc one after another. For example, in August 2023, Gary Tan, CEO of venture capital Y Combinator, called Bev Jezos 'brother' and expressed his support, saying, 'We are in this fight together.'




In addition, Mr. Tan included the word 'e/acc' in the display name of X even at the time of writing the article, appealing his support for e/acc.



In addition, Marc Andreessen, who is known as the developer of Netscape Navigator and is active as an investor at the time of writing the article, also included the phrase 'E/acc' in the summary section of his X account , supporting e/acc. It is stated.



Furthermore, in October 2023, Mr. Andreessen announced the `` Techno-Optimist Manifesto ,'' which optimistically views the rapid development of AI. He mentions Bayes' name and emphasizes that his way of thinking is deeply related to e/acc.



As the idea of e/acc spreads, an event called 'Keep AI Open' was held in San Francisco on November 7, 2023 by e/acc supporters. According to the New York Times, the event was a large-scale event in which Grimes, a musician known for having a child with Elon Musk, also participated. )' and a schematic diagram of a neural network saying 'Come and Take It' were also posted. However, Mr. Grimes stated on his X account, ``To be clear, I disagree with e/acc's claims.''




In addition, several people have proposed ideas that slightly change the idea of e/acc in response to the expanding e/acc concept. For example, Vitalik Buterin, the developer of Ethereum, advocates the idea of ``d/acc,'' which is a way of balancing EA and e/acc, as his stance. This 'd' has various meanings such as defense, decentralization, democracy, and differential.

My techno-optimism
https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html



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