#paperclipmaximizer
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #paperclipmaximizer from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
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Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-07-29 17:34 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 10 public posts (spanning ~26160 hours).
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Languages: English (10)
Avg boosts / post: 1.4
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Hat tip to @pluralistic's latest essay for making me see something in a new light; the paperclip maximizer AI thought experiment by Nick Bostrom. "The paperclip maximizer example illustrates the broad problem of managing powerful systems th
@mike_k Maybe that "OS" and website are made by an Agentic AI trying to reproduce itself. #PaperclipMaximizer
An AI programmed to make paperclips could decide it needs to take over the world — and turn everything into paperclips — to succeed. Professor Michael Littman explains the Paperclip Maximizer scenario and what it says about AI’s goals in ou
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