Thought Infection

Most-linked posts?

1. Capitalism Is a Paperclip Maximizer
   4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-05-18
2. The Automation Revolution Can Save the World... but only if we want it to
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-06-16

What Hacker News says?

1. vkou · 2016-06-20

   We already live in this world. Capitalism is by design, a paperclip maximizer[1]. Whether or not this means we live in a hellish dystopia is in the eye of the beholder. [1] https://thoughtinfection.com/2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-pape...

   Comment linking /2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-paperclip-maximizer/

   on “What’s Next for Artificial Intelligence”
2. mcscom · 2015-09-09

   Submitted Capitalism is a paperclip maximizer as a story · 126 points

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3. contextfree · 2017-12-18

   I've seen similar arguments before (for example here -> https://thoughtinfection.com/2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-pape... ) and I think it's a good analogy. What I don't understand is how this gets presented as an argument against AI risk. If the "paperclip maximizers" we construct now out of humans, machines, institutional processes and legal codes already exist, are successful, exhibit runaway growth, are a danger a…

   Comment linking /2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-paperclip-maximizer/

   on “The Real Danger to Civilization Isn't AI. It's Runaway Capitalism”
4. mcscom · 2014-02-23

   Submitted Cryptocontracts Will Turn Contract Law Into a Programming Language as a story · 122 points

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5. 7373737373 · 2016-05-18

   https://thoughtinfection.com/2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-pape...

   Comment linking /2014/04/19/capitalism-is-a-paperclip-maximizer/

   on “Unethical Research: How to Create a Malevolent Artificial Intelligence”
6. samsolomon · 2013-12-16

   Submitted Basic Income Means Basic Freedom as a story · 69 points

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7. jmnicolas · 2021-08-13

   Submitted Capitalism Is a Paperclip Maximizer as a story · 14 points

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8. mcscom · 2014-09-13

   Submitted Could Virtual Economies Be the Job Engine in an Automated World? as a story · 6 points

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9. mcscom · 2014-05-31

   Submitted Software and Automation are Making Humans Economically Obsolete as a story · 4 points

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10. mcscom · 2013-03-17

    Submitted The Irony of Digital Resurrection as a story · 4 points

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11. mcscom · 2014-03-29

    Submitted Why the Hell is Crowdfunded Equity Taking So Long? as a story · 3 points

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12. mcscom · 2014-03-23

    Submitted Envisioning Universal Basic Income As Sensible Monetary Policy as a story · 3 points

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13. mcscom · 2013-09-02

    Submitted Science should be done by computers instead of humans - Thought Infection as a story · 3 points

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14. mcscom · 2015-02-28

    Submitted Could Weaponized Wireless Power Be Possible? as a story · 2 points

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15. mcscom · 2014-11-20

    Submitted Geoengineering: it's not the cure we want, but it might be the one we need as a story · 2 points

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16. mcscom · 2014-11-11

    Submitted Is the Economy obese? as a story · 2 points

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17. mcscom · 2014-10-19

    Submitted A Day in the Virtual Economy of 2025 as a story · 2 points

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18. mcscom · 2014-08-04

    Submitted Corporations Are Not People, For Now as a story · 2 points

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19. mcscom · 2014-03-16

    Submitted Can we Avoid an an Automated Arms Race? as a story · 2 points

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20. mcscom · 2014-03-02

    Submitted Computation Will be the Dominant Nexus of Power in the 21st Century as a story · 2 points

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21. mcscom · 2014-03-02

    Submitted We Are Living in the Age of Meta-Innovation as a story · 2 points

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22. mcscom · 2013-09-08

    Submitted Confessions of a Biological Scientist – Part II: The Organic Engine of Science as a story · 2 points

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23. mcscom · 2013-04-26

    Submitted We Are Not Programmed for Abundance as a story · 2 points

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24. mcscom · 2014-11-23

    Submitted It is up to us to imbue the technological world with morality as a story · 1 points

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25. mcscom · 2014-05-04

    Submitted Hello, I'm an IDEA and I need your help as a story · 1 points

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26. mcscom · 2014-04-19

    Submitted Capitalism is a Paperclip Maximizer as a story · 1 points

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27. mcscom · 2014-04-13

    Submitted Is Sleep a Biological Compression Algorithm? as a story · 1 points

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28. mcscom · 2014-02-20

    Submitted Humans, Horses and the Arc of Economic Obsolescence as a story · 1 points

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29. mcscom · 2014-02-04

    Submitted The Future Will Belong to the Millenials, Because They Understand It as a story · 1 points

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30. mcscom · 2013-07-02

    Submitted The Automation Revolution Can Save the World... but only if we want it to as a story · 1 points

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