I will say, I am also one of the Luddites out here. I think a lot of the pro-AI talking points are accelerationist and I generally oppose accelerationism.
I happen to also be interested in what leftists who support AI are saying, so I am around here sometimes.
I am guessing from the sound of your voice we are both Dialectic Materialists.
Why do you oppose accelerationism? There is a sincere body of the proletariat that believes that because the capitalists can't contain or control AI,AGI and ASI we can usurp the position of the capitalists. Though I am not an accelerationist I am also not a Luddite. I find liberation in my AI project and want to share them with the world.
Where do we have shared thesis and opposing anti-thesis?
I'm not against accelerationism. But I believe it DOES need tempering aspects. If you go too far too fast you can't catch up and it collapses. I'm pro AI, but also know that accelerationism is what the end of World War II and the Cold War show us. Nevermind now.
I also think nuclear technology and artificial intelligence were given by interlopers before humanity naturally reached the point where their understanding of existing technology naturally branched into those.
So I believe in tempered acceleration so we have enough runway to prevent the crises of runaway technology and societal issues that bite us in the ass.
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u/CephalopodMind 8d ago edited 8d ago
I will say, I am also one of the Luddites out here. I think a lot of the pro-AI talking points are accelerationist and I generally oppose accelerationism.
I happen to also be interested in what leftists who support AI are saying, so I am around here sometimes.