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Our universe has not enough atoms or energy to destroy 3^^^^^3 paperclips.
I am extrapolating.
Groups of people are not that much harder to manipulate than single persons.
Simulated paperclips. Because the Paperclipper is in a box.
As I thought. I disagree that such effects are possible in reasonable time-frames (no-one is going to read constantly for a month) and may be totally impossible. I see no reason to think any work of fiction can lead to such a distortion of reality.
They are if you're trying to weaponize novels. If they work shifts then you cannot exploit the effects you claim for reading a novel for 24 hrs straight. They can watch each other and, if one of them is visibly compromised, prevent them from freeing the AI. A single individual is probably easier to manipulate, assuming a total lack of supervision and safeguards.
Now we get to the question how detailed the paperclips have to be for the paperclipper to care. I expect the paperclipper to only care when the paperclips are simulated individually and we can't simulate 3^^^^^^3 paperclips individually.
I see no reason to think works of fiction that lead to such a distortion of reality are impossible.
I assume you concede my point re:guards?
We built the paperclipper. Hell, it doesn't even have to be a literal paperclipper. For that matter, it doesn't have to be literally 3^^^^^^3 paperclips; all that matters is that we can manipulate it's utility function without too much strain on our resources. If it values cheesecake, we can reward it with a world of infinite cheesecake. If it values "complexity" we can put it in a fractal. The point is that we can motivate it to co-operate without worrying that it might be a better idea to let it out.