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What do we think about the paperclip maximizer?

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I want to vent/talk about this with others, but I couldn't find a sub for it; apologize if it's the wrong place. For some context, the paperclip maximizer thought experiment highlights: if a superintelligence is given a task to manufacture paperclips, it has the potential do everything it can to pr…

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  1. 2026-09-15 16:05 · r/artificial
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