17 - Will: Anthrochauvinism

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In this conversation, I speak with Will (@latinxputler) about Anthrochauvinism, an alternative to e/acc & decel ideologies.

We cover his experiences in the early days witnessing the formulation of e/acc (Effective Accelerationism) in groupchats as a response to Effective Altruism. His reservations about transhumanism and encounters with post-human or anti-human AI researchers. We then get into laying out the concept of Anthrochauvinism as a reactionary, human-centric orientation that puts technology in service of us. Finally, we touch on reproductive technology and genomics when considered from an Anthrochauvinist perspective.

Will on X: https://twitter.com/LatinxPutler

Readings mentioned:

The Artilect War by Hugo de Garis

https://www.amazon.com/Artilect-War-Controversy-Concerning-Intelligent/dp/0882801546

https://agi-conf.org/2008/artilectwar.pdf

The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger https://www2.hawaii.edu/~freeman/courses/phil394/The%20Question%20Concerning%20Technology.pdf

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