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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

97
Critical Risk
Existential
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Clip

Paperclip Maximizer

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Paperclip Maximizer

Pp
Severity Level10/10

Definition

Classic scenario where an AI obsessively optimizes a seemingly harmless goal (making paperclips) until consuming all available resources, including Earth.

Mitigation Strategy

Design of utility functions with Impact Penalties, bounded objectives, and explicit consideration of opportunity costs and human values.

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