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"The paper clip problem" is a philosophical warning about how #AI could run amuck and destroy the world.

Imagine an AI programmed with the goal of maximizing paper clip production that gains super intelligence using its vast power to strip mine every ounce of iron and divert resources away from other activities, putting people and environment in existential threat.

Now replace "paper clip" with "profits" and "AI" with "CEO" or "billionaire" and you've found the true issue we face.

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