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The 'Effective Accelerationism' movement doesn't care if humans are replaced by AI as long as they're there to make money from it (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

include Eliezer Yudkowsky, Liron Shapira, and Sam Altman

influential figures like Martin Shkreli, Marc Andreesen, Chris Prucha, and Garry Tan openly supporting and identifying with the movement

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I'm reading the article, but I'm trying to get oriented. I've never heard of this before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Martin Shkreli, now that's a name I would never associate with even anything remotely positive. Not someone you want as a "supporter" usually.