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‘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 (www.theinformation.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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‘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::“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, Y Combinator president Garry Tan and Notion co-founder Chris Prucha looked up at the cartoon of a shirtless man, his six-pack abs gleaming against a swirling galactic background. They were eager to listen to what the man had to say. The cartoon was the avatar for ...

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No paywall removers worked ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Guess I won't be reading it then

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the heads up. I'll just wait for someone to post the text.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like the article is behind a paywall.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

KnowYourMeme has some basic info https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cultures/eacc-effective-accelerationism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Sounds like they have a throughly nuanced understanding of the world and a solid plan for the future ;-)