US EditionSci-Fi Writer Charles Stross' Dark Take on Silicon Valley 'Religion'
- Charles Stross published the science fiction novel Accelerando in 2005, exploring the future impact of exponential technological growth during a singularity event.
- Stross created Accelerando from his experiences as an overworked programmer and drew on Silicon Valley futurist ideas like TESCREAL, a techno-religious ideology blending transhumanism and rationalism.
- TESCREAL combines diverse tech memes with aspirations such as AI merging, immortality, and space colonization, reflected by figures such as Elon Musk, Neuralink, and OpenAI's Sam Altman.
- Stross stated he aimed to capture future shock amid fears of societal decline, describing TESCREAL as reinvented religion and warning the AI upload heaven is not realized yet.
- His work signals potential risks if technological promises remain unfulfilled, suggesting a contested future where humanity faces unresolved ethical and existential challenges around AI and transcendence.
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Sci-fi writer Charles Stross' dark take on Silicon Valley 'religion'
Twenty years ago, British sci-fi author Charles Stross plunged readers into a head-spinning tale of mind uploading, the dismantling of the solar system and inhuman artificial intelligence masquerading as a cat.
Managers of some of the world’s most valuable technology participate in private religious meetings to bring faith back to the most skeptical place on the planet. Networking and spirituality shake hands in the technological cradle
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