[jessup]

>AI alarmists are fond of the paper clip maximizer, a notional computer that runs a paper clip factory, becomes sentient, recursively self-improves to Godlike powers, and then devotes all its energy to filling the universe with paper clips.

>It exterminates humanity not because it's evil, but because our blood contains iron that could be better used in paper clips.

The consolation of the cingularity narrative is that it tells a story in which the world is not—yet—being destroyed by paper clip maximizers—in cingularity land, the nightmare scenario is still a ways off, and thankfully, with the help of a few Ayn Rand types, market forces can still save us.

[waqf]

From your comment I'd like to segway into a discussion about how brand names are causing people to forget how to spell normal English words.