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OpenAI's offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse (www.businessinsider.com)

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OpenAI's offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse::The prank was a reference to the "paper clip maximizer" scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.

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