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by est31 1142 days ago
> it would suffice to execute towards some relatively simplistic goal and not have any regard for (or concept of) humans at all.

The classical example here is the paperclip optimizer AI put in charge of a factory, made to make as many paperclips as possible. Well, it turns out humans have iron in their blood so why keep them alive? Gotta make paperclips.