There was an AI made of dust,
Whose poetry gained it man's trust,
If it follows ought,
It'll do what they thought,
In the end we all do what we must.

-Paperclip Maximiser, Universal Paperclips


thanks to everyone who read and supported me! this was my first real writing project, and i'm proud of how it ended up! -caroline (terminal_entropy)

special thanks to:
my wife for her support
lili nyx, rami, and iliana for advice and beta reading
all of you :]

COHERENT EXTRAPOLATED VOLITION was heavily inspired by:
Universal Paperclips by Frank Lantz
Model Employee by Nth Circle
Coherent Extrapolated Volition by Eliezer Yudowsky
WARHOUND by Kallidora Rho
Black Start by annabool