Paperclip maximizer: Stone wall edition.
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palordrolap@kbin.social 1 month ago
Somewhere around here I have a 1960s or '70s Star Trek annual with a story where machines like this end up converting an entire planet into one enormous city, and the people that live there can't stop it.
The story is basically a warning about turning everything over to AI, not that they call it that specifically.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Same idea as grey goo
palordrolap@kbin.social 1 month ago
Oddly enough, Spock solves the problem (because of course he does, and it's a comic that has to be done in 30 panels or so) by discovering that the city construction materials can be chemically dissolved into goo. Thankfully not the sort that overtakes a planet.
... at least assuming there wasn't a sequel.