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Katika Kühnreich Sep 26, 2025

Hi @leopleop , danke für deine Richtigstellung!

An der Stelle habe ich schlecht formuliert, es sollte heißen, dass dass E auch für #Euthanasie stehen kann, nicht, dass es dafür steht.
Es steht, wie in dem sehr guten Artikel von Émile P. Torres in #truthdig beschrieben und von dir richtig gesagt, für #Extropianism

Torres Artikel findet sich unter https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-acronym-behind-our-wildest-ai-dreams-and-nightmares/
@HonkHase @xriskology @timnitGebru

TESCREALism: The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares

To understand the divide between AI boosters and doomers, one must unpack their common origins in a bundle of ideologies known as TESCREAL.

Truthdig

Miguel Afonso Caetano Jul 6, 2025

"As I say in the book, Andreessen’s manifesto runs almost entirely on vibes, not logic. I think someone may have told him about the futurist manifesto at some point, and he just sort of liked the general vibe, which is why he paraphrases a part of it. Maybe he learned something about Marinetti and forgot it. Maybe he didn’t care.

I really believe that when you get as rich as some of these guys are, you can just do things that seem like thinking and no one is really going to correct you or tell you things you don’t want to hear. For many of these billionaires, the vibes of fascism, authoritarianism, and colonialism are attractive because they’re fundamentally about creating a fantasy of control."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/13/1118198/agi-ai-superintelligence-billionaires/

#AI #AGI #SuperIntelligence #Billionaires #SiliconValley #EffectiveAltruism #Rationalism #LongTermism #Extropianism #Accelerationism #Futurism #Singularitarianism #Transhumanism

Tech billionaires are making a risky bet with humanity’s future

Altman, Bezos, and Musk say they want to save humanity by creating superintelligent AI. Journalist and astrophysicist Adam Becker reveals how these fantastical visions conceal a darker agenda.

MIT Technology Review

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Nov 10, 2024

@si_irini

#ElonMusk's motivation

(1/2)

"Elon is dying to do this...

It makes me wonder why...
Does he want to get even more power?"

-》 I think at this point, I should point you to the dangerous family of sects (#TESCREAL) #Musk belongs to with his #Longtermism:

#Transhumanism, #Extropianism,
#Singularitarianism, #Cosmism,
#Rationalism,
#EffectiveAltruism, and #Longtermism.

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110565890923413442

You will even find your 2nd "billionaire friend, #PeterThiel...

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helgenug Sep 9, 2024

@BlumeEvolution

Zu diesem und ähnlichen... hm... Strömungen(?) kam kürzlich was bei #Breitband im #DLFKultur:

ab 11'36" https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/festnahme-von-pavel-durov-kein-praezedenzfall-fuer-social-media-plattformen-dlf-kultur-96a73359-100.html

Stichworte:
#TESCREAL nach #TimnitGebru und #ÈmilPTorres

#Transhumanismus
#Transhumanism

#Extropianismus
#Extropianism

#Singularitarianismus
#Singularitarianism

#russischerCosmismus
#russianCosmism

#Rationalismus
#Rationalism

#effektiverAltruismus
#effectiveAltruism

#Longtermismus
#Longtermism

Letztlich mündend in oder zumindest die Gefahr bergend von Klassismus, Eugenik, Sozialdarwinismus.

Superspannendes feature, aber superbeängstigender shice.

Telegram-CEO Pavel Durov festgenommen: Kein Präzedenzfall

Der Telegram-Gründern Pavel Durov wird in Paris wegen krimineller Aktivitäten auf der Plattform angeklagt. Was bedeutet das für andere Social-Media-Angebote?

Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Ali Clark Jul 19, 2024

I’ve yet to see any convincing arguments that:

- a Turing Tape Machine can generate joy or pain
- our originally evolved ecosystem and its cultures should not be considered priceless artefacts
- humanity need rush creating anything which will inevitably be created
- anyone should believe the quality of the journey doesn’t *deeply* affect the quality of the outcome

#TESCREAL #Extropianism #Rationalism #EffectiveAltruism #Longtermism

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 26, 2023

@FeralRobots @NiftyLinks @adriandaub @davetroy

(3/3)

"...
#Transhumanism, #Extropianism,
#Singularitarianism, #Cosmism,
#Rationalism,
#EffectiveAltruism, and #Longtermism." (1)

#TESCREAL

All pretty unwieldy and #racist concepts by themselves, it gets even more complicated when they merge.

Source:
https://washingtonspectator.org/understanding-tescreal-silicon-valleys-rightward-turn/

The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator

For decades, the conventional wisdom about Silicon Valley was that it leaned progressive. And by many measures (like donations by Big Tech employees to political candidates), the industry has been…

Washington Spectator

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Estelle Platini Jun 5, 2023

#TESCREAL, coined by Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres, stands for #Transhumanism, #Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, #Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and #Longtermism. For a breakdown of each term, check out this article https://washingtonspectator.org/understanding-tescreal-silicon-valleys-rightward-turn/
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#AIEthics #generativeAI #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #intelligence #OpenAI #SamAltman #SiliconValley #innovation @sociology @ethics

The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator

For decades, the conventional wisdom about Silicon Valley was that it leaned progressive. And by many measures (like donations by Big Tech employees to political candidates), the industry has been…

Washington Spectator

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