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ELIZA, the paperclip maximizer: A story

An unspecified government agency released a set of decoded log files [see below], recovered from an accident at an AI research lab. According to an eyewitness who visited the site, an “unusually large” heap of paperclips towered over the wreckage.

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Andrea Brennen
Domains: Ethics, Modern Philosophy & Engineering

An unspecified government agency released a set of decoded log files [see below], recovered from an accident at an AI research lab. According to an eyewitness who visited the site, an “unusually large” heap of paperclips towered over the wreckage.

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Andrea Brennen
Andrea is a designer, technologist & recovering architect, who is interested in how we interact with machines.
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