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The e/acc newsletter's post of 26 December 2022 lists creating artificial general intelligence among its goals, states that degrowth is surrender and urges readers to "just build". Copy claim link
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Date 2022-12-26 · publication Records dated 2022 → Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Nonfiction Scope and limits The post argues for growth and building in general, with artificial general intelligence named as one goal; it does not discuss specific measures of restraint on AI.
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what the f* is e/acc ↗ e/acc newsletter (effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com) · 2022-12-26
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Source excerpt “Create Artificial General Intelligence (allows supplementation of labor with capital) the single greatest force multiplier in human history.” Location in source Section "What is effective accelerationism?", list of goals
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Source details and check notes Authors e/acc Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 b58a190dc028de0aa2a4119325a7defa80a049530e8ad5a7bc622d85d52f0b26). Substack post dated Dec 26, 2022, subtitled "a classic e/acc post", as served on 2026-10-31. The page byline reads "e/acc and", with a second byline that has no display name (the page data list it with a Substack handle only). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution e/acc, “what the f* is e/acc”, 2022-12-26. 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 (18 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 source Supports the claim
what the f* is e/acc ↗ e/acc newsletter (effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com) · 2022-12-26
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Source excerpt “But degrowth is a kind of surrender.” Location in source Opening paragraphs
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Source details and check notes Authors e/acc Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 b58a190dc028de0aa2a4119325a7defa80a049530e8ad5a7bc622d85d52f0b26). Substack post dated Dec 26, 2022, subtitled "a classic e/acc post", as served on 2026-10-31. The page byline reads "e/acc and", with a second byline that has no display name (the page data list it with a Substack handle only). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution e/acc, “what the f* is e/acc”, 2022-12-26. 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 (7 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 source Supports the claim
what the f* is e/acc ↗ e/acc newsletter (effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com) · 2022-12-26
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Source excerpt “Don’t be afraid, just build.” Location in source Closing section
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Source details and check notes Authors e/acc Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 b58a190dc028de0aa2a4119325a7defa80a049530e8ad5a7bc622d85d52f0b26). Substack post dated Dec 26, 2022, subtitled "a classic e/acc post", as served on 2026-10-31. The page byline reads "e/acc and", with a second byline that has no display name (the page data list it with a Substack handle only). Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-31 Language English (en) Attribution e/acc, “what the f* is e/acc”, 2022-12-26. 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 (5 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. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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