misaligned AI that turns only Eliezer Yudkowsky in to paperclips
September 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
misaligned AI that turns only Eliezer Yudkowsky in to paperclips
1945: Operation Paperclip
2025: Oops! All Paperclips
2025: Oops! All Paperclips
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1945: Operation Paperclip
2025: Oops! All Paperclips
2025: Oops! All Paperclips
It’s the “workstations” part that’s so funny. Start checking the paperclips
The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a law enforcement source told CNN.
FBI employees ordered to immediately search for records related to Amelia Earhart, source says | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has ordered FBI employees in Washington, DC, to immediately search their workstations and digital media for any records pertaining to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a la...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It’s the “workstations” part that’s so funny. Start checking the paperclips
the workday continues.
January 5, 2024 at 6:41 PM
the workday continues.
We're back to fucking paperclips
People keep asking about the mechanism for the AI apocalypse. There is a simple answer: Yud et al think the AI will invent nanobots and use them to disassemble us into molecules it uses to build more GPUs for itself.
September 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
We're back to fucking paperclips
Paperclips are staples for people with commitment issues
December 16, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Paperclips are staples for people with commitment issues
“If you are not to award me oatmeal and paperclips, then I will indulge in rage. And mine is infinite!”
#Frankenstein
✨🎨 Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel - Work in Progress
#Frankenstein
✨🎨 Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel - Work in Progress
January 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“If you are not to award me oatmeal and paperclips, then I will indulge in rage. And mine is infinite!”
#Frankenstein
✨🎨 Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel - Work in Progress
#Frankenstein
✨🎨 Gesso / Acrylic Gouache on Canvas Panel - Work in Progress
Turns out if you want to maximize paperclips you need a liberal democracy to do it :p
“Why are you funding public schools?”
“The metallurgists have to come from somewhere.”
“And universal healthcare?”
“Jim, I need them alive. Do you want the fucking paperclips or not?”
“Why are you funding public schools?”
“The metallurgists have to come from somewhere.”
“And universal healthcare?”
“Jim, I need them alive. Do you want the fucking paperclips or not?”
A serious weakness in the “sufficiently intelligent AI inevitably wages war on humanity” story is that it needs to explain why conquest beats purchasing, contracting, and participating.
September 20, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Turns out if you want to maximize paperclips you need a liberal democracy to do it :p
“Why are you funding public schools?”
“The metallurgists have to come from somewhere.”
“And universal healthcare?”
“Jim, I need them alive. Do you want the fucking paperclips or not?”
“Why are you funding public schools?”
“The metallurgists have to come from somewhere.”
“And universal healthcare?”
“Jim, I need them alive. Do you want the fucking paperclips or not?”
I probably won’t need to purchase any more paperclips in this lifetime
May 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I probably won’t need to purchase any more paperclips in this lifetime
/goal make a reasonable quantity of paperclips
May 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
/goal make a reasonable quantity of paperclips
tinned fishbunny with fishbunny paperclips
August 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
tinned fishbunny with fishbunny paperclips
What flavor is YOUR sona??
Lupo tastes like....old paperclips...
Lupo tastes like....old paperclips...
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
What flavor is YOUR sona??
Lupo tastes like....old paperclips...
Lupo tastes like....old paperclips...
Don't put rubber bands or metal paperclips on things you want to save forever. They will get gross and damage your stuff if you leave them on. (Sincerely, an archivist who regularly has to pull rusty paperclips and crusty rubber bands off things like irreplaceable photographs and original records.)
Can we have an advice thread? It doesn’t have to be good advice.
November 6, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Don't put rubber bands or metal paperclips on things you want to save forever. They will get gross and damage your stuff if you leave them on. (Sincerely, an archivist who regularly has to pull rusty paperclips and crusty rubber bands off things like irreplaceable photographs and original records.)
nuremberg 2 with no paperclips is the milquetoast centrist position
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 AM
nuremberg 2 with no paperclips is the milquetoast centrist position
Monday morning paperwork received with slightly less resentment because of these.
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Monday morning paperwork received with slightly less resentment because of these.
Seeking to avoid the paperclip optimizer, I refine my prompt to include “Please minimize the number of paperclips in the universe.”
September 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Seeking to avoid the paperclip optimizer, I refine my prompt to include “Please minimize the number of paperclips in the universe.”
Researcher: Koko, you don't need any more paperclips.
Koko: Jealousy species.
Koko: Jealousy species.
koko’s basilisk: you don’t think koko the gorilla actually knows sign language and when she figures it out she beats your ass
September 9, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Researcher: Koko, you don't need any more paperclips.
Koko: Jealousy species.
Koko: Jealousy species.
at least it's not paperclips
June 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
at least it's not paperclips
Yes this is why the paperclip maximizer is a paperclip maximizer. You give him U(paperclips) = paperclips and off he goes.
September 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Yes this is why the paperclip maximizer is a paperclip maximizer. You give him U(paperclips) = paperclips and off he goes.
sanrio latte bear paperclips 💫
September 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
sanrio latte bear paperclips 💫
We sent Microsoft Office into space...
...Something Came Back
Coming This Summer: Clippy
...Something Came Back
Coming This Summer: Clippy
April 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
We sent Microsoft Office into space...
...Something Came Back
Coming This Summer: Clippy
...Something Came Back
Coming This Summer: Clippy