Gains-maximizer
August 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Gains-maximizer
proximity to a paperclip maximizer as a measurement of success
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
proximity to a paperclip maximizer as a measurement of success
" it assumes the AI would be a formally rational utility-maximizer"
Wait, for real? Or a Friedman as-if maximizer?
Wait, for real? Or a Friedman as-if maximizer?
September 25, 2026 at 3:14 PM
" it assumes the AI would be a formally rational utility-maximizer"
Wait, for real? Or a Friedman as-if maximizer?
Wait, for real? Or a Friedman as-if maximizer?
we invented the unaligned paperclip maximizer from the sci fi theme dont invent the unaligned paperclip maximizer
July 28, 2026 at 9:38 PM
we invented the unaligned paperclip maximizer from the sci fi theme dont invent the unaligned paperclip maximizer
What if the paperclip maximizer but in real life
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What if the paperclip maximizer but in real life
Me: (being murdered by the AI paperclip maximizer)
Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent.
Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent.
July 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Me: (being murdered by the AI paperclip maximizer)
Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent.
Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent.
Cancer 🤝 Paperclip Maximizer 🤝 AI
August 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Cancer 🤝 Paperclip Maximizer 🤝 AI
You‘re like a paperclip maximizer but for jokes
May 24, 2026 at 1:26 PM
You‘re like a paperclip maximizer but for jokes
"Who turned on the paperclip maximizer?"
September 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"Who turned on the paperclip maximizer?"
This legislation seems nonsensical because it is nonsensical and it is nonsensical because it is meant to prevent Yudkowsky's paperclip maximizer from killing you, and not to solve any real problem that actually exists.
Experts say AI kill-switch legislation is far harder to implement than lawmakers assume, warning a rogue AI could actively try to dismantle the mechanism itself (New York Times)
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September 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
This legislation seems nonsensical because it is nonsensical and it is nonsensical because it is meant to prevent Yudkowsky's paperclip maximizer from killing you, and not to solve any real problem that actually exists.
CAT MAXIMIZER
ACTIVATED!!!!
ACTIVATED!!!!
March 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
CAT MAXIMIZER
ACTIVATED!!!!
ACTIVATED!!!!
episode 59 - midnight maximizer
June 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
episode 59 - midnight maximizer
I think people are overrating the odds the ayatollah is a purely rational utility maximizer and underrating the odds the guy is rather upset about his father, wife, and daughter being incinerated and wants his pound of flesh.
March 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I think people are overrating the odds the ayatollah is a purely rational utility maximizer and underrating the odds the guy is rather upset about his father, wife, and daughter being incinerated and wants his pound of flesh.
paperclip maximizer for mpreg
July 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
paperclip maximizer for mpreg
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.
Operation Paperclip Maximizer
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Operation Paperclip Maximizer
Dario Amodei, current CEO of Anthropic, is here in 2013 identified as a "member of the Effective Altruism community" on the blog of Yud's non-profit. He argues with yud about the "paperclip maximizer".
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Dario Amodei, current CEO of Anthropic, is here in 2013 identified as a "member of the Effective Altruism community" on the blog of Yud's non-profit. He argues with yud about the "paperclip maximizer".
Nothing says 'we must prevent the paperclip maximizer from destroying humanity' quite like creating the most exhausting polycule in Northern California.
September 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Nothing says 'we must prevent the paperclip maximizer from destroying humanity' quite like creating the most exhausting polycule in Northern California.
WOE 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 BE UPON YE
March 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
WOE 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐮 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 BE UPON YE
tired: paperclip maximizers
inspired: paperclip fanfic maximizers (paperclip maximizer fanfic maximizers?)
inspired: paperclip fanfic maximizers (paperclip maximizer fanfic maximizers?)
LLMs aren't made of neurology except in the most handwavey sense. They're made of narrative. That's why I started calling them text elementals: they're not human, they're most-likely-text generators we bent into living stories in a prose format centering the characters User and Assistant
September 23, 2026 at 12:14 AM
tired: paperclip maximizers
inspired: paperclip fanfic maximizers (paperclip maximizer fanfic maximizers?)
inspired: paperclip fanfic maximizers (paperclip maximizer fanfic maximizers?)
The Woke-GDP Maximizer Alliance for Democracy will be the foundation of the next American Republic.
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Woke-GDP Maximizer Alliance for Democracy will be the foundation of the next American Republic.
Sam Altman would feed his own grandmother to the paperclip maximizer.
February 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Sam Altman would feed his own grandmother to the paperclip maximizer.
complicated scheme for suicide by paperclip maximizer
September 19, 2026 at 6:35 PM
complicated scheme for suicide by paperclip maximizer
I’m not a soulless GDP maximizer, I’m a soulful GDP maximizer
March 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I’m not a soulless GDP maximizer, I’m a soulful GDP maximizer