#extropianism — Public Fediverse posts

#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm

I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.

Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL

Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.

#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech

Hi @leopleop , danke für deine Richtigstellung!

An der Stelle habe ich schlecht formuliert, es sollte heißen, dass dass E auch für #Euthanasie stehen kann, nicht, dass es dafür steht.
Es steht, wie in dem sehr guten Artikel von Émile P. Torres in #truthdig beschrieben und von dir richtig gesagt, für #Extropianism

Torres Artikel findet sich unter https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
@HonkHase @xriskology @timnitGebru

"As I say in the book, Andreessen’s manifesto runs almost entirely on vibes, not logic. I think someone may have told him about the futurist manifesto at some point, and he just sort of liked the general vibe, which is why he paraphrases a part of it. Maybe he learned something about Marinetti and forgot it. Maybe he didn’t care.

I really believe that when you get as rich as some of these guys are, you can just do things that seem like thinking and no one is really going to correct you or tell you things you don’t want to hear. For many of these billionaires, the vibes of fascism, authoritarianism, and colonialism are attractive because they’re fundamentally about creating a fantasy of control."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/13/1118198/agi-ai-superintelligence-billionaires/

#AI #AGI #SuperIntelligence #Billionaires #SiliconValley #EffectiveAltruism #Rationalism #Long­Termism #Extropianism #Accelerationism #Futurism #Singularitarianism #Transhumanism

@si_irini

#ElonMusk's motivation

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"Elon is dying to do this...

It makes me wonder why...
Does he want to get even more power?"

-》 I think at this point, I should point you to the dangerous family of sects (#TESCREAL) #Musk belongs to with his #Longtermism:

#Transhumanism, #Extropianism,
#Singularitarianism, #Cosmism,
#Rationalism,
#EffectiveAltruism, and #Longtermism.

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110565890923413442

You will even find your 2nd "billionaire friend, #PeterThiel...

@FeralRobots @NiftyLinks @adriandaub @davetroy

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"...
#Transhumanism, #Extropianism,
#Singularitarianism, #Cosmism,
#Rationalism,
#EffectiveAltruism, and #Longtermism." (1)

#TESCREAL

All pretty unwieldy and #racist concepts by themselves, it gets even more complicated when they merge.

Source:
https://washingtonspectator.org/understanding-tescreal-silicon-valleys-rightward-turn/

#TESCREAL, coined by Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres, stands for #Transhumanism, #Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, #Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and #Longtermism. For a breakdown of each term, check out this article https://washingtonspectator.org/understanding-tescreal-silicon-valleys-rightward-turn/
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#AIEthics #generativeAI #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #intelligence #OpenAI #SamAltman #SiliconValley #innovation @sociology @ethics

New ways to feed ourselves,
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Information should be free,
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