The paperclip maximizer is an AI that makes paperclips and never stops making them. Its existence, or possible existence, presents us with the problem of how to talk to an AI. For example, if we say “AI, make me a lot of paperclips” will the AI then start to convert the entire solar system into paperclips. Can we stop such a runaway AI? Or will it eventually kill itself?
If the paperclip maximizer spreads across the universe, will different versions of it form different opinions as to what a paperclip is? Will the different AI factions start a war with each other?
What should we do to prevent any of this from ever happening? How should we talk to an AI? Or are we all doomed to be turned into paperclips?
Come and discuss our future as AI feedstock. To get warmed up, watch this video: The Paperclip Maximizer
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