EP 8: The Accelerationists

Meet the accelerationists: a rising movement that believes expediting AI development is not only inevitable but morally necessary – humanity’s best chance at transcending its limits. What happens when the world’s most powerful technologists treat AI progress as a duty rather than a danger?

THIS EPISODE FEATURES:

Olivier Oullier, Guido de Croon, Alex Williams, Reid Hoffman, Guillaume Verdon/“Beff Jezos”

LINKS:

Beff Jezos/Guillaume Verdon’s Twitter (x.com/beffjezos%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0https://x.com…)

David Sinclair’s website (davidasinclair.com/%E2%81%A0)

Olivier Oullier’s Company (solve.mit.edu/solutions/39720%E2%81%A0)

Alex Williamss is a contributor here (fixingthefuture.info/%E2%81%A0)

Reid Hoffman’s Personal Website (reidhoffman.org/%E2%81%A0)

CREDITS:

This episode of The Last Invention was reported and produced by Andy Mills, Gregory Warner, Andrew Parsons, Megan Phelps-Roper, Matthew Boll, Seth Temple Andrews, and Ethan Mannello. It is hosted by Gregory Warner.

Music for this episode was composed by Scott Devendorf (instagram.com/distantstation/?utm_source=qr), Ben Lanz (instagram.com/lanzprojects), Cobey Bienert (open.spotify.com/artist/1cHhFEJWNq6SVKlIqoTy5o…), and Matthew Boll

Listen to the soundtrack Music From The Last Invention by Devendorf Lanz (lanz.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-last-in…)

The Last Invention artwork by Jacob Boll (jacobboll.com)

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