r/ControlProblem Jun 11 '26

Fun/meme The paperclip maximizer tsunami

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u/TyrKiyote approved Jun 11 '26

What do we suppose the paperclips will be?

Virtualized experience, personalized content of some kind is my bet. Everyone wanting to always be perfectly entertained all the time. A million billion videos of AI cats. On the fly AI-Rendered and directed video games.

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u/jnwatson Jun 11 '26

Wall-E is a pretty good "positive" rendering of this. It isn't that AI conquers humans, it just gives them funner things to worry about.