The "paperclip maximizer" is a scenario for the destruction of the world at the hands* of a poorly designed AI. *Metaphorical hands, okay?
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2. The scenario is simple--we create a machine that can do two things, make paperclips and make itself smarter.
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3. At some point, the machine gets smart enough to want to remove all obstacles to its pursuit of more paperclips.
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4. Shortly after that, it gets smart enough to figure out how to do so. It converts the entire world into paperclips.
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5. Long-sighted, it makes spaceships, aiming to render the cosmos into paperclips. Along the way, incidentally, it exterminates humanity.
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6. The lesson we are supposed to take from this cautionary tale is "Give your smart machines greater goals than just more clips."
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7. But we already have paperclip maximizers. They're called corporations. http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-corporation-does-not-always-have-to-win-1794181209 …
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maybe the real hegemonizing swarm was the friends we made along the way
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