CLASH
SULEYMAN: CONTAIN IT. ANDREESSEN: DECELERATION 'IS A FORM OF MURDER.'
“Look at the world and it seems that containment is not possible. Follow the consequences and something else becomes equally stark: for everyone's sake, containment must be possible.”
One month apart, directly opposed answers to the same question — contain or accelerate. Suleyman in 'The Coming Wave' (September 2023); Andreessen in 'The Techno-Optimist Manifesto' (October 2023). A person-vs-person CLASH, not a self-contradiction.
CLASH
“We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder. We believe in accelerationism – the conscious and deliberate propulsion of technological development.”
'The Techno-Optimist Manifesto,' October 2023.
ORIGINAL SOURCEThe Techno-Optimist Manifestoa16z (first-party manifesto)
SOURCE
ORIGINAL SOURCEThe Coming Wave — Guardian review (ch. 13 corroboration)The Guardian (book text corroborated via review)