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PHIL – 231N Philosophy and AI<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Final Project – Code Base<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As mentioned, in order to streamline the process of getting the LLM through a game of Universal Paperclips, I needed to write a bit of code in order to make it so that it was the computer running the myriad calculations that occur in each cycle. This is a highly incomplete, inefficient, but relatively serviceable program that should be able to successfully carry out all of the calculations and basic functions of the first<\/em> stage of Universal Paperclips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve included both a .zip file, which contains the original package with all iterations of the Universal Bottlecaps project and the cleaned iteration of the version I used for this project. I’ve also included a copy of the latter below as a text insertion on the site itself. This code was written in Java and I highly recommend using an Integrated Development Environment, such as Eclipse<\/a>, to both modify and run this program. I did not design it to run as a standalone .jar file, so you will likely need to download the latest JDK for it to function, something that Eclipse will do during its installation process. Utilizing an IDE to navigate this project will also help to streamline any modifications you will have to make. You will<\/em> have to make modifications at some point, as the code cannot save information between different sessions of running, meaning anytime you restart the program you will need to reset all of the hard-coded “starting” values to be in-line with the last cycle sent to the AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is vital<\/em> if you plan on trying to replicate this experiment on your own that you either change the pop-ups in the code back to paperclips and wire instead of bottlecaps and sheet metal respectively, or take care to doctor all information that you manually pass to the AI so that all mentions of clips and wire are removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of all of the major missing features from Stage 1 of Universal Paperclips that are not currently implemented into this project, as well as my recommendations for how to track and implement sending these parts of the game to the AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Text Pop-Ups\/Display items in upper ‘console’ window\n