{"id":161104,"date":"2023-03-27T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/the-paperclip-maximizer"},"modified":"2023-03-27T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:23:22","slug":"the-paperclip-maximizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/the-paperclip-maximizer","title":{"rendered":"The Paperclip Maximizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mk7NVFz_88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A Paperclip Maximizer is an example of artificial intelligence run amok performing a job, potentially seeking to turn all the Universe into paperclips. But it\u2019s also an example of a concept called Instrumental Convergence, where two entities with wildly different ultimate goals might end up acting very much alike. This concept is very important to preparing ourselves for future automation and machine minds, and we\u2019ll explore that today.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net\">http:\/\/www.isaacarthur.net<\/a>.<br \/> Support us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/IsaacArthur<\/a>.<br \/> SFIA Merchandise available: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signil.com\/sfia\/\">https:\/\/www.signil.com\/sfia\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media:<br \/> Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1583992725237264\/<\/a><br \/> Reddit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IsaacArthur\/<\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_A_Arthur<\/a> on Twitter and RT our future content.<br \/> SFIA Discord Server: <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/53GAShE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode\u2019s Audio-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-paperclip-maximizer\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-paperclip-maximizer<\/a>.<br \/> Episode\u2019s Narration-only version: <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-paperclip-maximizer-narration-only\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/isaac-arthur-148927746\/the-paperclip-\u2026ation-only<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Credits:<br \/> The Paperclip Maximizer.<br \/> Episode 201a, Season 5 E36a.<\/p>\n<p>Written by:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/the-paperclip-maximizer\">Continue reading \u201cThe Paperclip Maximizer\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Paperclip Maximizer is an example of artificial intelligence run amok performing a job, potentially seeking to turn all the Universe into paperclips. But it\u2019s also an example of a concept called Instrumental Convergence, where two entities with wildly different ultimate goals might end up acting very much alike. This concept is very important to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}