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In politics and other areas, the concept is known as "accelerationism." It tends to be associated with political extremism... "bring on the revolution/war/etc.
by dalbasal 5y ago
In politics and other areas, the concept is known as "accelerationism."
It tends to be associated with political extremism... "bring on the revolution/war/etc." As an angry or disillusioned response, I think it's a close relative of nihilism. Cover for being destructive.
That's not to say "worse before better" isn't a thing... it's just not a thing we can do usually.
- Aperocky 5y agoI have the opposite view. Is AI as a field not destined for destruction? There were good stuff, but it's been out for a while and now it's just mountains upon mountains of crap. What does society stand to lose?
- dalbasal 5y agoI suppose everything is headed for destruction. In any case, I wasn't arguing that accelerationism is incorrect... just that it tends to be associated with angry feelings, political, professional or otherwise. Also, while I can think of many things that got worse and then better... I can't think of any cases where it happened deliberately.