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Pp
Clip
Severity10/10
Paperclip Maximizer
Classic scenario where an AI obsessively optimizes a seemingly harmless goal (making paperclips) until consuming all available resources, including Earth.
Periodic recordExistentialarXiv2025
Yufei He, Yuexin Li, Jiaying Wu, Yuan Sui, Yulin Chen, Bryan Hooi
Mitigation Strategy
Design of utility functions with Impact Penalties, bounded objectives, and explicit consideration of opportunity costs and human values.
Atomic Number
97
Pp
Risk ID
bk-97
Severity
10/10
Severity Level