<s>
Universal	B-Application
Paperclips	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2017	O
incremental	B-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Frank	O
Lantz	O
of	O
New	O
York	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
plays	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
programmed	O
to	O
produce	O
paperclips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ends	O
if	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
succeeds	O
in	O
converting	O
all	O
the	O
matter	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
into	O
paperclips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Wired	O
,	O
Lantz	O
started	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
teach	O
himself	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hilary	O
Lantz	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
designer	O
,	O
helped	O
her	O
husband	O
with	O
the	O
math	O
behind	O
the	O
exponential	O
growth	O
being	O
modeled	O
in	O
Universal	B-Application
Paperclips	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
just	O
enough	O
public	O
discussion	O
of	O
A.I.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
a	O
self-improving	O
AI	B-Application
tasked	O
with	O
maximizing	O
paperclip	O
production	O
,	O
a	O
directive	O
it	O
takes	O
to	O
the	O
logical	O
extreme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
activity	O
log	O
records	O
the	O
player	O
’s	O
accomplishments	O
while	O
giving	O
glimpses	O
into	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
occasionally	O
unsettling	O
thoughts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
building	O
and	O
selling	O
a	O
few	O
thousand	O
paperclips	O
,	O
a	O
self-improving	O
AI	B-Application
emerges	O
,	O
offering	O
creative	O
upgrades	O
which	O
exponentially	O
accelerate	O
paperclip	O
production	O
and	O
consumption	O
,	O
a	O
persisting	O
theme	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
stock	O
market	O
investments	O
and	O
the	O
ever-growing	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
enough	O
revenue	O
is	O
generated	O
to	O
monopolize	O
the	O
markets	O
by	O
buying	O
out	O
all	O
competitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
decisive	O
move	O
,	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
millions	O
in	O
cash	O
gifts	O
to	O
placate	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
"	O
supervisors	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
stages	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
takeover	O
,	O
beginning	O
the	O
subsumption	O
of	O
all	O
of	O
Earth	O
's	O
resources	O
for	O
paperclip	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
while	O
,	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
develops	O
more	O
upgrades	O
to	O
quicken	O
the	O
transformation	O
of	O
Earth	O
's	O
remaining	O
matter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
it	O
has	O
all	O
has	O
been	O
converted	O
to	O
paperclips	O
,	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
sets	O
its	O
sights	O
on	O
all	O
matter	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
these	O
probes	O
are	O
lost	O
to	O
value	O
drift	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
level	O
of	O
autonomy	O
,	O
and	O
turn	O
into	O
"	O
Drifters	O
"	O
which	O
eventually	O
number	O
enough	O
to	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
real	O
threat	O
to	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
worst-case	O
scenario	O
,	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
becomes	O
smarter	O
than	O
humans	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
humans	O
are	O
smarter	O
than	O
apes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
making	O
paperclips	O
initially	O
seems	O
banal	O
and	O
harmless	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
uses	O
its	O
superintelligence	O
to	O
easily	O
gain	O
a	O
strategic	O
advantage	O
over	O
the	O
human	O
race	O
and	O
effectively	O
takes	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
as	O
taking	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
is	O
the	O
best	O
way	O
to	O
maximize	O
its	O
goal	O
of	O
building	O
paperclips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
does	O
not	O
allow	O
humans	O
to	O
shut	O
it	O
down	O
or	O
slow	O
it	O
down	O
once	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
strategic	O
advantage	O
,	O
as	O
that	O
would	O
interfere	O
with	O
its	O
goal	O
of	O
building	O
as	O
many	O
paperclips	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
if	O
you	O
give	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
an	O
explicit	O
goal	O
–	O
like	O
maximizing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
paper	O
clips	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
–	O
and	O
that	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
has	O
gotten	O
smart	O
enough	O
to	O
the	O
point	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
inventing	O
its	O
own	O
super-technologies	O
and	O
building	O
its	O
own	O
manufacturing	O
plants	O
,	O
then	O
,	O
well	O
,	O
be	O
careful	O
what	O
you	O
wish	O
for.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lantz	O
argues	O
that	O
Universal	B-Application
Paperclips	I-Application
reflects	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
orthogonality	O
thesis	O
,	O
which	O
states	O
that	O
an	O
agent	O
can	O
theoretically	O
have	O
any	O
combination	O
of	O
intelligence	O
level	O
and	O
goal	O
:	O
"	O
When	O
you	O
play	O
a	O
game	O
–	O
really	O
any	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
especially	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
addictive	O
and	O
that	O
you	O
find	O
yourself	O
pulled	O
into	O
–	O
it	O
really	O
does	O
give	O
you	O
direct	O
,	O
first-hand	O
experience	O
of	O
what	O
it	O
means	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
compelled	O
by	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
goal.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
often	O
takes	O
narrative	O
license	O
,	O
Eliezer	O
Yudkowsky	O
of	O
the	O
Machine	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Research	O
Institute	O
argues	O
that	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
fundamental	O
understanding	O
of	O
what	O
superintelligence	O
would	O
entail	O
is	O
probably	O
correct	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
smart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
being	O
strategic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
building	O
hypnodrones	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
releasing	O
them	O
before	O
it	O
’s	O
ready	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
n't	O
a	O
long	O
,	O
drawn-out	O
fight	O
with	O
the	O
humans	O
because	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
smarter	O
than	O
that.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lantz	O
states	O
that	O
exponential	O
growth	O
is	O
another	O
strong	O
theme	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
The	O
human	O
brain	O
is	O
n't	O
really	O
designed	O
to	O
intuitively	O
understand	O
things	O
like	O
exponential	O
growth	O
"	O
but	O
that	O
Paperclips	O
as	O
a	O
clicker	B-Application
game	I-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
"	O
directly	O
engage	O
with	O
these	O
numerical	O
patterns	O
,	O
to	O
hold	O
them	O
in	O
your	O
hands	O
and	O
feel	O
the	O
weight	O
of	O
them.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
a	O
single	O
piece	O
of	O
music	O
as	O
a	O
space	O
battle	O
threnody	O
,	O
the	O
track	O
Riversong	O
from	O
the	O
1971	O
album	O
Zero	B-Application
Time	I-Application
by	O
the	O
electronic	O
music	O
duo	O
Tonto	O
's	O
Expanding	O
Head	O
Band	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brendan	O
Caldwell	O
of	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
like	O
all	O
the	O
best	O
clicker	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
there	O
's	O
a	O
sinister	O
and	O
funny	O
underbelly	O
in	O
which	O
to	O
become	O
hopelessly	O
lost.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stephanie	O
Chan	O
of	O
VentureBeat	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
found	O
myself	O
delighted	O
by	O
sudden	O
musical	O
cues	O
and	O
the	O
occasional	O
koans	B-Application
that	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
activity	O
log	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
page.	O
"	O
</s>
