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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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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm more worried about what capital will do with the tech than the tech itself.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Its far more likely that wealth inequality will be greatly exasperated, and the philanthropic elite will become even more powerful while the "middle class" disappears entirely into a new bottom class that makes up most of humanity, Imperium of Man style.

[–] reksas 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Police is already on its way to your location for speech containing anti-corporate sentiment, flagged by ai

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