Frank Lantz , the director of the New York University Game Lab , has created a simple web game based on futurist Nick Bostrom 's parable about the creation of superintelligent AI . Nick 's story shows what happens if we build a machine that 's smarter than us , then ask it to make paperclips . If we have not trained it with human ethics or values , it might make paperclips for ever , paving the earth and eventually the universe with paperclips , wiping out all other life in the process . In Luntz 's game , you are the machine . According to the Verge , it 's a lot of fun .
Frank Lantz, the director of the New York University Game Center, has created a simple web game based on futurist Nick Bostrom's parable about the dangers of superintelligent AI. Bostrom's story asks what happens if we build a machine that's smarter than us, then ask it to make paperclips. If we have not trained it with human ethics or values, it might make paperclips for ever, paving the earth and eventually the universe with paperclips, wiping out all other life in the process. In Luntz's game, you are the AI. According to the Verge, it's a lot of fun.