For the 'accelerationists'—those who believe the rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence should be pursued as quickly as possible—innovation, scale, and speed are everything.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has noted that the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) could lead to either a post-scarcity utopia or humanity's extinction, highlighting the risks of creating a new species that surpasses human intelligence.
This Canadian cell shows all the hallmarks of being inspired by US-style right-wing militia groups, with their embrace of accelerationism, their radical anti-authority pose, and their desire to build followers by offering self-contained base camps, access to weaponry, and military-style training.
"By the 1990s, a British philosopher named Nick Land was advocating for a real accelerationist movement that would unshackle capitalism from the restraints imposed by politicians and welcome the technological and social destruction and renewal."
