Effective Accelerationism — the meme-philosophy that says AI development should go as fast as possible, that capitalism + technology is good actually, and that the doomers are the bad guys.
Effective Accelerationism — the meme-philosophy that says AI development should go as fast as possible, that capitalism + technology is good actually, and that the doomers are the bad guys. Counterforce to AI safety discourse.
Marc Andreessen's whole 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto' is basically e/acc as a press release.
E/acc means: Effective Accelerationism - the meme-philosophy that says AI development should go as fast as possible, that capitalism + technology is good actually, and that the doomers are the bad guys.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
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The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
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Artificial Superintelligence — AI smarter than the smartest humans across every domain. Distinct from AGI (general human-level). Doomers think we get one shot to align ASI; e/acc thinks ASI will solve all our problems.
A position or aesthetic that rejects AI-generated content, tools, or culture. Popular among artists, writers, and academics in 2025. "Anti-AI, anti-slop, pro-humans" appears in growing numbers of bios. Adjacent to but distinct from broader Luddite framings — focused on creative-industry job impact.
(AI, slang) AI safety (to prevent artificial intelligence causing harms such as literal human extinction).
Someone who genuinely believes AI is about to kill everyone — that ASI will arrive, fail to align, and cause human extinction. Often associated with LessWrong, MIRI, and the rationalist diaspora. Treated with mixed seriousness in mainstream tech.
E/acc means: Effective Accelerationism - the meme-philosophy that says AI development should go as fast as possible, that capitalism + technology is good actually, and that the doomers are the bad guys.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
e/acc means: Effective Accelerationism - the meme-philosophy that says AI development should go as fast as possible, that capitalism + technology is good actually, and that the doomers are. Register: neutral, standard English. Common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; always check the context before producing it yourself.
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