Claim · 2023-10-16 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

Andreessen's manifesto of 16 October 2023 states that any deceleration of AI will cost lives and that it believes in "accelerationism", which it defines as the conscious and deliberate propulsion of technological development.

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What it connects

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto → articulates → Accelerate rather than restrain

Where it appears

Machine succession, scale and acceleration: propositions in located texts, 1979–2026 →

Claim and evidence

The Techno-Optimist Manifestoarticulates ↓Accelerate rather than restrain

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Supporting evidence: primary · 1 source

Date: 2023-10-16 · publication Records dated 2023 →
Role: Articulation, Earliest located use of the name
Register (kind of text): Nonfiction
Name used: “accelerationism”

Scope and limits"Accelerationism" is the manifesto's own word, defined in the passage; the record states what the manifesto says, not evidence that its statements about lives are true.

The evidence 02

primary sourceSupports the claim

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com) · 2023-10-16

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Source excerpt

“We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives.”

Location in source Section "Intelligence"

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-11-01

Source details and check notes

Authors: Marc Andreessen
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 783ed3b4aa1cdfba0c6c8b7df94047fdb732386c55fd07964367668df8281072). a16z.com page "Posted October 16, 2023", as served on 2026-10-31.
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Accessed: 2026-10-31
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Marc Andreessen, “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto”, 2023-10-16.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (9 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

primary sourceSupports the claim

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z.com) · 2023-10-16

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Source excerpt

“We believe in accelerationism – the conscious and deliberate propulsion of technological development – to ensure the fulfillment of the Law of Accelerating Returns.”

Location in source Section "The Techno-Capital Machine"

How it was read Retrieved directly from the publisher

Machine-checked · 2026-11-01

Source details and check notes

Authors: Marc Andreessen
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 783ed3b4aa1cdfba0c6c8b7df94047fdb732386c55fd07964367668df8281072). a16z.com page "Posted October 16, 2023", as served on 2026-10-31.
Canonical address: Open the canonical source ↗
Accessed: 2026-10-31
Language: English (en)
Attribution: Marc Andreessen, “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto”, 2023-10-16.
Reuse: No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution.
Check notes: Candidate pack passage, machine succession, scale and acceleration (research/heterodox-thought). The quotation (22 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. No human editorial review.

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