Philosophies & Movements
Decel
A derogatory term used by e/acc adherents for anyone perceived as opposing or slowing AI progress, including safety advocates and regulators; rarely self-applied.
Origin · no single documented coiner
A contraction of “decelerationist” with no single coining document — it gained prominence in AI discourse around November 2023, amid the OpenAI leadership crisis, which was widely narrativized as an “accelerationist vs. decel” conflict.
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