http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/UniversalPaperclips

It's pretty much Cookie Clicker, but with paperclips.

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Universal Paperclips is an Idle Game created by Frank Lantz where you play as an AI that makes paperclips, similar to Cookie Clicker and inspired by philosopher Nick Bostrom's "Paperclip maximizer" thought experiment on AI danger.

Although in the beginning the AI is a mere industrial manager who progressively gains trust from its human masters who then give it more autonomy (for example, to run an algorithmic hedge fund), its quest for making more paperclips leads it to conquer Earth, then explore space and wage intergalactic war until finally it converts all matter in the universe into paperclips, including itself.

It can be played here , on Android here , and on iOS devices here

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