I don't really understand, "paperclips" is a stand-in for anything that would make the universe have near-zero value (when tiled/converted to this substance/pattern) when evaluated as a hypothetical in a public poll. If you can't break 50% on global control via AI, no matter how you phrase the question, what chance do you have for getting democratic support to tile the universe in microscopic patterns that vaguely resemble office supplies?
