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The doomers fret over rogue superintelligence, an AI that accidentally eliminates us while fulfilling a paper clip order.
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Group pens and pencils, paper clips, rubber bands, and note pads in different sizes of jars to clean up your office space.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
Tie the bands together, attach a paper clip to each end, then pull it around the broom and latch the paper clips together.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The idea is that an AI, tasked only with making as many paper clips as possible, would transform everything around it into a giant paper clip manufacturing facility.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Group pens and pencils, paper clips, rubber bands, and note pads in different sizes of jars to clean up your office space.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
Tie the bands together, attach a paper clip to each end, then pull it around the broom and latch the paper clips together.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The idea is that an AI, tasked only with making as many paper clips as possible, would transform everything around it into a giant paper clip manufacturing facility.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Paper clip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20clip. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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