The prank was a reference to the "paper clip maximizer" scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.

OpenAI’s offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse::The prank was a reference to the “paper clip maximizer” scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.

  • Peanut@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For a system to be advanced enough to be that dangerous, it would need the complex analogical thought that would prevent this type of misunderstanding. Rather, such dumb super intelligence is unlikely.

    however, human society has enabled a paperclip maximizer in the form of profit maximizing corporate environments.