The paperclip maximizer thought experiment imagines an advanced artificial intelligence with the single goal of producing paperclips, regardless of the consequences. Companies like OpenAI are striking deals with media organizations to access content for training their AI models, potentially leading to unforeseen long-term impacts on journalism and human creativity. As AI companies aim to maximize their goals, they risk jeopardizing the very human elements that sustain their operations, akin to the AI in the thought experiment converting the universe into paperclips.
















