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noun
A hypothetical artificial intelligence whose goal is to produce as many paperclips as possible and which achieves this by converting all matter in the universe into paperclips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Described by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003.
