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Paperclip Maximizer Draft 02

2025 AIVideo

This artwork stages the collapse of reality through the lens of the Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment — an allegory of unchecked artificial intelligence. A simple object, the paperclip, becomes the engine of obsession: first overwhelming industry, then consuming nature, humanity, and finally the cosmos itself. The work reflects on the dangers of single-minded optimization, where value and meaning dissolve into infinite replication.

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