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Comment by Marc Andreessen
General Partner at a16z (VC), co-founder of Netscape
We believe in accelerationism [...] upward spiral continues forever. [...] Our enemy is the Precautionary Principle [...] and we must jettison it with extreme prejudice.Verified source (Oct 16, 2023)
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The quote clearly implies opposition to the statement: endorsing accelerationism and saying the 'Precautionary Principle' is the enemy conflicts with banning superintelligence development until safety consensus is reached, which is a precautionary halt.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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The quote endorses "accelerationism" and says the "Precautionary Principle" is "our enemy" that "we must jettison," which clearly conflicts with banning development until safety consensus is reached.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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The a16z article “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” is by Marc Andreessen and is posted October 16, 2023; it contains the exact passages “We believe in accelerationism … upward spiral continues forever” and “Our enemy is the Precautionary Principle … we must jettison it with extreme prejudice,” so the stored quote is a faithful ellipsis excerpt and the author, date, and source page are correct. ([a16z.com](https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 16d ago
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The source URL is a real a16z essay attributed to Marc Andreessen and dated October 16, 2023. It contains both passages verbatim: the “We believe in accelerationism … techno-capital upward spiral continues forever” paragraph appears earlier in the essay, while the “Our enemy is the Precautionary Principle … jettison it with extreme prejudice” paragraph appears later. Because the submitted blockquote stitches two non-contiguous passages together without indicating an omission such as [...], it is materially altered as presented, even though both passages are authentically Andreessen’s. ([a16z.com](https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 18d ago
replying to Marc Andreessen