Meme

Paperclip maximizer

Also: clippy, paperclipper

A thought experiment about an AI that pursues a harmless-sounding goal to catastrophic extremes.

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What it actually refers to

• Instrumental convergenceMany different final goals share the same useful sub-goals, such as acquiring resources and avoiding shutdown.

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