Slowing down on AI will cause preventable deaths — and that's a form of murder, says Marc Andreessen

• Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen posted a mammoth 5000-word techno-optimist manifesto on Monday.
• "We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder," wrote Andreessen.
• The wide-ranging manifesto also includes a section naming "sustainability" and "social responsibility" as the enemy.

Billionaire investor Marc Andreessen published on Monday a mammoth 5,000-word "techno-optimist manifesto," outlining a long list of views, including the notion that slowing down on AI development is equivalent to murder.