On Sunday the 29/12/2024 , I learned:
The TESCREAL Bundle; The Ideology of Tech Investors?
The cultural roots of key concepts at play in the pursuit of AI technologies.
This is critically important.
The TESCREAL bundle of ideologies outlined in the paper 'Eugenics and the Promise of Utopia through Artificial General Intelligence' by Timnit Gebru & Émile P. Torres, makes clear the cultural roots of key concepts at play in much of today's AI enthusiasm. The peer reviewed paper is available to read in full on the website of the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
Captured in the acronym “TESCREAL”, are “transhumanism, Extropianism, singularitarianism, (modern) cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and longtermism”.
- Transhumanism
- Extropianism
- Singularitarianism (modern)
- Cosmism
- Rationalism
- Effective Altruism
- Longtermism
[Definitions and anecdotes coming - in the mean time, this video]