discover the common experiences of i/dec
What is i/dec?
i/dec stands for Ineffective Decelerationism. We are not quantum computing engineers, theoretical mathematicians, single digit employees of Silicon Valley unicorns, or venture capitalists like the e/acc crowd. Additionally, we are surrounded by people that are posing as saviors from certain artificial intelligence powered doom tied to technological growth, but it doesn't seem to make sense. As we observe this, we realize the decels can only move as slow as the fastest, high agency member of the decelrationist herd.
i/dec inside the decelerationist fort
We are the many inside the walls of large organizations, unable to move quickly and accelerate towards a techno-optimistic future. We are in academia, large corporations, government. We may have established careers (even in AI), long standing professional networks, families. We also recognize we are probably better accelerants inside the decel fort, instead of outside of it.
i/dec in common, professional discourse
We listen to professional decelerators that wish to squash e/acc and observe characteristics of group think and unfounded conjecture, particularly by non-technical people or anti-builders. History majors and thinktank00rs have rebranded themselves as AI Ethicists. They are generally unfamiliar with both artificial intelligence and ethics, but are skilled in prose and circular thought experiments.
i/dec is tactfully asking why, but the answers don't make sense
We find ourselves saying "why don't we try x?" Then we are met with tactics from the OSS Field Manual Simple Sabotage. Defer to AI projects to authority. Refer to the Artificial Intelligence committee. Call more meetings. Write more policy, especially against e/acc themes. These are presented as answers to "why" instead of just trying and learning and improving.
i/dec in the wild
We spot our own very quickly, then form some covert bond and alliance over Artificial Intelligence to outmaneuver the decels. We whisper to each other in the halls and call each other on non-work devices to plot AI progress. We are not alone, but are battling uphill in parallel to the e/acc crowd.
i/dec in action
We build the stealth AI projects and the skunkworkseseses. We moonlight to help artificial intelligence startups. We lurk on social media, reading e/acc messaging. But we haven't been rocking the boat, because we didn't have a rallying call to bind us, other than our willingness to coalesce. Until now.
Fight the good fight today. Tomorrow we do it again. Faster.
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