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OpenAI's offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse

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Nov. 23, 2023, 1:27 p.m. | Tom Carter (tcarter@insider.com)

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The prank was a reference to the "paper clip maximizer" scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.

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