# Deceleration

Record: term-decel · Type: term · Edition: 0.20.0 · Evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15

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Dataset pointer: `/glossary/1`. Reviewed: 2026-09-15.

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## Publication dates and source age

At least one source was published within the 18-month window.

Newest dated source: 2026-04-05. Assessed at this edition’s evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

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## /summary

An informal label for slowing technology, often used by accelerationists to criticize their opponents.

Claim: claim-term-decel-1a5192ba3d7825ca26b24a72. Annotation: synthesis.

[eacc-tenets](https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/p/repost-notes-on-eacc-principles-and)

## /definition

Informal shorthand for slowing technological or AI development, often used critically by accelerationists about their opponents.

Claim: claim-term-decel-1e4c26398ee834b2e16dc7b8. Annotation: synthesis.

[eacc-tenets](https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/p/repost-notes-on-eacc-principles-and)

## /placement

Describes a pace preference. It does not establish why someone wants restraint or which technologies they would slow.

Claim: claim-term-decel-25f52a21ad9f2e54a62ed1b2. Annotation: editorial.

[eacc-tenets](https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/p/repost-notes-on-eacc-principles-and)

## /distinction

A targeted frontier pause, a safety rule and opposition to all technology are different positions. Do not collapse them into one camp.

Claim: claim-term-decel-09422ce4d5c74cb753a9bb98. Annotation: synthesis.

[pauseai-proposal-2026](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

## Source provenance

### eacc-tenets

[Notes on e/acc principles and tenets](https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/p/repost-notes-on-eacc-principles-and)

e/acc newsletter / BasedBeffJezos and bayeslord · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2022-10-31 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

Read scope is described in the source note.

Date belongs to the repost. Read as a movement's own philosophical claims, not independent scientific validation. Includes adversarial usage of decel.

No archive check recorded.

### pauseai-proposal-2026

[PauseAI Proposal (April 2026 version)](https://pauseai.org/proposal)

PauseAI · First-hand source (primary) · Published: 2026-04-05 · Material last read: 2026-09-15 · Verification: read

What we read (publisher-page): The April 2026 proposal, including its pause, training-approval and democratic-control conditions.

Read the April 5th, 2026 version, including its global pause, training approvals and democratic-control conditions. Used for the movement's published proposal and terminology; its predictions are attributed advocacy.

No archived copy verified · Archive check 2026-09-15

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