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A LessWrong post presents a steelman of the argument against slowing down AI development, which the author says they do not personally hold. The author notes it was drafted in May after encountering accelerationist arguments from Ege Erdil and Matthew Barnett.

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“Crossposted from my Substack . This is a steelman of a view I do not hold ; I drafted it in May after coming across thoughtful arguments for accelerationism from Ege Erdil and Matthew Barnett.”
LessWrong, 29 Sept 2026, 14:09.

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