My techno-optimism
A blog post by Vitalik Buterin, Author's site, dated 27 November 2023. The page is dated "2023 Nov 27".
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- My techno-optimism Author's site (vitalik.eth.limo) · published 2023-11-27 · Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-31 (SHA-256 5a2b02de0057344215d4fc75f099b5ff327dcd5540cb074514addbe7babd34de). post dated "2023 Nov 27", as served on 2026-10-31.
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- The Techno-Optimist ManifestoButerin's essay of November 2023 names Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto".2023-11-27 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Andreessen, The Techno-Optimist Manifesto (2023): document page →
- Notes on e/acc principles and tenetsButerin's essay of November 2023 names "Beff Jezos" as having summarised e/acc, linking to "Notes on e/acc principles and tenets".2023-11-27 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Beff Jezos and bayes, Notes on e/acc principles and tenets (2022): document page →
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- Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligenceButerin's essay of 27 November 2023 argues that under competition civilisations in which humans take a back seat to superintelligent machines would outperform others, and that the machines may wrest control.2023-11-27 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Machines succeed humans as the leading intelligence: propositions page →
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- Succession by machines would be acceptable or desirableButerin's essay of 27 November 2023 holds that it seems very hard to have a "friendly" superintelligent-AI-dominated world in which humans are anything other than "pets", captions the accompanying figure "The world I don't want to see", and proposes tools that enhance rather than replace human cognition.2023-11-27 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Succession by machines would be acceptable or desirable: propositions page →
- Accelerate rather than restrainButerin's essay of 27 November 2023 holds that AI is fundamentally different from other technologies and that it is worth being uniquely careful, and states that the e/acc perspective can be taken too far.2023-11-27 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Accelerate rather than restrain: propositions page →
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