So apparently he intended the metaphor to communicate that the AI-builders weren’t trying to set “make paperclips” as the goal, they were aiming for a more useful goal and “make paperclips” happened to be the goal that it latched on to.
So, something like: “AI, do things that humans consider valuable!” and the AI going: “uhm, actually paperclips have a very good cost:value ratio if you produce them in mass...”?
So, something like: “AI, do things that humans consider valuable!” and the AI going: “uhm, actually paperclips have a very good cost:value ratio if you produce them in mass...”?