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AI Lore
The backstories, theories and thought experiments behind references you keep seeing online.
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EstablishedDead Internet Theory
The claim that much of the internet’s activity is manufactured by bots and automated systems rather than people; also a loose metaphor for an inauthentic-feeling web.
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EstablishedPaperclip Maximizer
A thought experiment about an AI pursuing a simple goal—making paperclips—so relentlessly that it ignores everything humans actually value.