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For anyone with some hours to burn, there is an idle game that lets you play the role of a paperclip maximiser. https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/inde
by hnick 6y ago
For anyone with some hours to burn, there is an idle game that lets you play the role of a paperclip maximiser.
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
I find idle games odd. My rational mind knows they are traps, but I still want to see what is next. They tap into some kind of need for exploration, progression, and learning. This one at least explores a few ideas and has a set endpoint so I enjoyed going through it.
- nevster 6y agoAnd even though it has an end point, when you get to the end you want to do it again because you get bonuses...
- EricE 6y ago>I find idle games odd. Dopamine traps. To bring back to the article, there's a decent ST:NG episode where Wesley saves the day...
- uep 6y agoI greatly enjoyed this game because of its relationship to the thought experiment. Last time I tried playing it, it had a terrible memory leak on Firefox though. Eventually consuming over 15GB, when I decided I had to kill it.