Actual altruists.

If you form a band you could be the Death Spirals.

the Association for Software Sanity

with corresponding conference the Association for Software Sanity Home for Originating Less Entropy

Nowtermism

Or otherwise something drawing attention to the problems that exist in the world today, as I feel that’s the big antithesis to everything TESCREALists worry about (besides the racism, of course).

poo poo pee pee gang

Society for Egalitarian Technology and Ethical Computation

Per contemptum ad astra.

I think anything with language about advocacy, speaking out, justice, fairness etc. is good because it contrasts with the EA belief that public policy must only be discussed in a totally values neutral way with any personal standpoints optimized out.

Hmmm...

• Reaction Watch (like retraction watch but, you know. reactionaries)

• Mad At Reactionary Techies

• Action Against Computer Cults

• Computer Users Against Reactionary Losers

• Silicon Valley Antifa

• ???

Tech Cult Watch ?

What kind of activities are intended exactly, journalism, lobbying?

Grounded Humanists, perhaps?

WressLong?

Pile Of Opposed People!

the human frame

I feel like so much of the TESCREAL narrative is about a particular kind of line-goes-up futurism that something about an egalitarian or democratic future could help demonstrate where our vision differs and foreground where their ideology is fundamentally authoritarian. The word "democratic" is probably unusable in a US context, regrettably. I'd also like to snipe at the longtermists specifically and emphasize making the future better by solving the problems that are right in front of us now rather then ignoring them and hoping they go away.

Working Today for a Free and Equal Tomorrow or something?

This seems a good time to remember Dale Carrico, the Berkeley rhetorician and Hannah Arendt fan who was opposing what he dubbed "superlative" futurological discourse, as long ago as 2009.

Honestly, I say we just mug what's left of the Situationist International and take their shit over

Treacle Eaters

Association Opposing Greed and Idiocy.

Doesn't lend itself to snickering. Gets the point across. Hard to turn into "well actually the real greed is sharing".

PATTERN

People Against Technocracy Transformation by Evangelical Rich Nazis.

We used to be disgusted
Now we try to be amused

maybe that's more for this site

The Banner Bright

Stable Technology Initiative! Uhhh wait that's not right...

Seriously though, something emphasizing stability would probably be quite effective, if overemphasizing the bad guys' shitty software products in contrast to their destructive social attitudes. Stable Technology Society, Society for Stable Technology, Stable and Equitable Technology Society...

Software quality is already generally pretty terrible; heavyweight, buggy software is crammed into more places than it really needs to be; and people are going to have even worse experiences with shoddy technology in the years ahead. Emphasizing stable technology that just works and continues to do its job for years, or even a human lifetime, is pretty hard for the "move-fast-and-break-things" crowd to assail, especially as the bill for living in their world continues to come due.

The Centre for Actual Creativity

I wonder how much would it cost to have a booth at Fringe to stir trouble with?

Gradient clippers. In machine learning, learning too quickly can cause a model to "explode," and the technique to prevent it from moving too quickly is called gradient clipping. So, if you apply that to technology, gradient clippers would be opposed to accelerationism.

I have a question about the nature of this "anti-TESCREALism". "TESCREALism" has an intellectual content that includes things like life extension, philanthropic utilitarianism, and concern with the long-term future and the rise of superhuman AI. Then there's a host of things that have no inherent connection to that intellectual content, like the sex parties, belief in racial IQ differences, consorting with tech billionaires, etc. Where would this nonprofit's opposition be focused?