Universal Paperclips

Universal Paperclips – play the role of an AI programmed to produce paperclips - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27121348 - May 2021 (2 comments)

Universal Paperclips - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26524117 - March 2021 (1 comment)

A filmmaker thinks he can turn Universal Paperclips into a movie (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24405682 - Sept 2020 (2 comments)

Universal Paperclips - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24389655 - Sept 2020 (84 comments)

Universal Paperclips - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22394560 - Feb 2020 (1 comment)

The Unexpected Philosophical Depths of the Clicker Game Universal Paperclips - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19513089 - March 2019 (52 comments)

Universal Paperclips – A Paperclip Production Simulator - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15439569 - Oct 2017 (3 comments)

Re: Universal Paperclips

#5

Post by mikewarot » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 4:53 AM UTC

I ran through it 100 times, that was enough. Long covid gives you lots of time for silly things like that. 8(

Re: Universal Paperclips

#6

Post by w-ll » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 5:13 AM UTC

It just says

"Paperclips: 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000"

What does that even mean?

Re: Universal Paperclips

#7

Post by jmpman » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 5:37 AM UTC

I’ve read there’s a push to legalize cocaine. I’m willing to make Universal Paperclips illegal in exchange for cocaine legalization. Overall harm reduction.

Re: Universal Paperclips

#8

Post by pjscott » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 5:41 AM UTC

jmpman wrote: post #7

I’ve read there’s a push to legalize cocaine. I’m willing to make Universal Paperclips illegal in exchange for cocaine legalization. Overall harm reduction.

You know what else gets you a lot of harm reduction, for (almost) any given utility function? Hypnodrones.

Re: Universal Paperclips

#9

Post by paulannesley » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

w-ll wrote: post #6

It just says "Paperclips: 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000" What does that even mean?

Probably means that you played and completed it some time ago, and the state is still in your browser's Local Storage. (Mine was too)

Re: Universal Paperclips

#10

Post by Aaron2222 » Thu, Nov 03, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

w-ll wrote: post #6

It just says "Paperclips: 30,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000" What does that even mean?

It means a lot of paperclips (about 20% the mass of the observable universe by my calculations, assuming 1 gram per paperclip and using Wikipedia's definition of 1.5e53 kg for the observable universe).