Build increasingly capable AI as fast and aggressively as possible; prevent regulatory capture and use defensive safeguards against misuse. [1][2]
Clarification. Expanded original evidence supplies the affirmative speed-up recommendation omitted from the previous v2 proposal. The manifesto's anti-deceleration sentence corroborates rather than substitutes for the explicit fast-build plan. No verified newer contradictory recommendation found through 2026-10-06.
Source [1] · Authored statement
Why AI Will Save the World
Attributed to: Marc Andreessen · Andreessen Horowitz
Published
“Big AI companies should be allowed to build AI as fast and aggressively as they can – but not allowed to achieve regulatory capture, not allowed to establish a government-protect cartel that is insulated from market competition due to incorrect claims of AI risk.”
Source context. Andreessen's signed essay explicitly addresses LLMs and increasingly powerful AI. The concluding plan advocates fast building by major labs and startups, separately advocating open source and defensive safeguards.
Scope
Development of increasingly capable AI, including LLMs, by major AI companies.
Conditions
No government-protected cartel or regulatory capture; risks of bad actors should be addressed with defensive AI and government-private cooperation.
Stated rationale
He argues this maximizes technological and societal benefits and preserves Western AI leadership.
Source details
primary · Original independently reopened on 2026-10-06; local HTML/text snapshot retained in the private migration packet.
Discovered 6 Oct 2026.
Accessed 6 Oct 2026.
Source [2] · Authored essay
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
Attributed to: Marc Andreessen · Andreessen Horowitz
Published
“We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives.”
Source context. This is a broad 2023 manifesto, not a detailed proposal for a particular frontier model or release.
Scope
AI and technological development generally
Conditions
No safety-based condition is stated in the cited passage.
Stated rationale
Andreessen argues AI can save lives and that delaying it delays those benefits.
Source details
primary · Primary essay signed by Andreessen on the publisher’s site.
Discovered 26 Sep 2026.
Accessed 26 Sep 2026.
Editorial assessment. Expanded original evidence supplies the affirmative speed-up recommendation omitted from the previous v2 proposal. The manifesto's anti-deceleration sentence corroborates rather than substitutes for the explicit fast-build plan. No verified newer contradictory recommendation found through 2026-10-06. This local proposal preserves the earlier evidence and interpretation. Fresh independent adversarial review and exact-hash human publication approval are separate and remain pending.
Assessment reviewed
Earlier position ·
ACCELERATE
Argues against decelerating AI in a broader manifesto for technological acceleration. [1]
Initial statement. First recorded observation from the publication dated 2023-10-16. This does not imply an earlier position.
Source [1] · Authored essay
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
Attributed to: Marc Andreessen · Andreessen Horowitz
Published
“We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives.”