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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has noted that the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) could lead to either a post-scarcity utopia or humanity's extinction, highlighting the risks of creating a new species that surpasses human intelligence.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Walrus
1 week ago

RCMP Uncovers Domestic Terror Plot with Military Links | The Walrus

This Canadian cell shows all the hallmarks of being inspired by US-style right-wing militia groups, with their embrace of accelerationism, their radical anti-authority pose, and their desire to build followers by offering self-contained base camps, access to weaponry, and military-style training.
Canada news
#white-supremacy
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

A field guide to 'accelerationism': White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos

White supremacists increasingly target critical infrastructure to destabilize society and push for a racially pure future.
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

A field guide to 'accelerationism': White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos

White supremacists increasingly target critical infrastructure to destabilize society and push for a racially pure future.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Trump and Musk have ushered in a terrible era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it | Julia Steinberger

The Trump-Musk administration is rapidly dismantling U.S. institutions and accountability, driven by a strategy of misinformation and accelerationism.
fromemptywheel
3 months ago

Techbro Theories Of Everything - emptywheel

"By the 1990s, a British philosopher named Nick Land was advocating for a real accelerationist movement that would unshackle capitalism from the restraints imposed by politicians and welcome the technological and social destruction and renewal."
Right-wing politics
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