Calling Elon Musk a "decel" means you've lost the plot, argues AI commentator
tawnniee · x · 2026-09-14
tszzl argues that calling Elon Musk of all people a "decel" shows you've lost the plot and are "on the wrong side of everyone who has been most spectacularly right about technology for the past decades." A replier pedantically notes that "slow down" literally means decelerate. A slice of the AI accelerationist-vs-decelerationist discourse.
Related event: Researcher tszzl defends Musk against "decel" label in e/acc debate(3 posts)→
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