Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I do some myth-breaking by examining a ...

AI “agents” on Moltbook appear eerie, but they aren’t conscious; the site shows pattern-based social interactions shaped by humans.

A game about making paperclips has gone viral, and it's a sly nod to a famous thought experiment about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. The game, as described by Business Insider's ...

Every once in a while, the impressionable, distraction-seeking denizens of the internet (i.e. all of us) fall into the unbreakable thrall of a new idle clicker game. You know the type: those ...

The best video game of the year might just be Universal Paperclips, a browser-based clicker that explores the dangers of unchecked artificial intelligence. It’s kind of like FarmVille, but instead of ...

Since it was released last October, Frank Lantz's AI-centric existential nightmare-turned-browser game Universal Paperclips has been played by about 1.2 million people, its developer says. Put it ...

Paperclips, a new game from designer Frank Lantz, starts simply. The top left of the screen gets a bit of text, probably in Times New Roman, and a couple of clickable buttons: Make a paperclip. You ...

I was supposed to start writing this article about 90 minutes ago, but I’ve been stuck playing the very game I’m supposed to review. To call Paperclips a “game” is stretching the definition. It’s a ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. There’s a well-known thought experiment in the world of artificial intelligence that poses a simple, but ...