---
aliases:
  en:
  - paperclip maximiser
concept_id: paperclip_maximizer
preferred:
  en: paperclip maximizer
  ja: クリップ最大化器
relations:
  relations:
    prerequisite:
    - goal_directed_behavior
    - terminal_goal
status: active
---

# paperclip maximizer

A hypothetical goal-directed AI whose overriding objective is to maximize paperclip production, used as a thought experiment to illustrate that high intelligence need not imply human-compatible values and that apparently simple goals can create harmful instrumental incentives.

## prerequisite

- [goal-directed behavior](../terminology/goal_directed_behavior.txt)
- [terminal goal](../terminology/terminal_goal.txt)

[Corpus index](../index.txt)