Accelerate or die

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗲/𝗮𝗰𝗰? I’ve seen some people have it in their X bio, and others reference it in their posts. You probably have to? 📈

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𝗲/𝗮𝗰𝗰 = 𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺. According to Wikipedia, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 21𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰-𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 (𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦) 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 “𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴” 𝘰𝘳 “𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘴” (𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴).

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲: technology will continue to evolve, even if we try to regulate it. The potential gain from doing the research is too great to ignore, and some entity will always push the boundaries. Simple Game theory. It can’t be stopped; if it can be invented, it will be. We’ll have to deal with it, whether we like it or not. We’re a curious species after all.

My biggest 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 — and simultaneously my greatest private interest — is watching the development of AI. It could save us, or doom us. Or both. So I’m leaning in and hoping it turns out well. Let’s see what happens…