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    Jack Clark explores originality’s value after a hypothetical singularity

    Clark shared a remark heard at The Curve and imagined future thieves, security systems and policing.

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    Jack Clark relayed an anonymous remark from The Curve about stealing the Mona Lisa after the singularity. He interpreted it as an argument that original, unique objects could retain or gain value, and as a fiction-writing prompt. Clark withheld the speaker’s identity, citing Chatham House rules. Kevin Kwok added a joke about eating the painting.

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    Jack Clark turned an anonymous remark from The Curve into a thought experiment about what might remain valuable in a radically changed future.

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    In an Oct. 5 post, Clark relayed the line, “we can still heist the Mona Lisa after the singularity.” His interpretation was that unique objects valued for their originality would retain or gain value even as other things changed.

    Clark also treated the premise as a fiction-writing prompt: who would join the theft, how would security operate and what would policing look like? He said the session was held under Chatham House rules and that he could not identify the speaker.

    Kevin Kwok supplied a comic variation, suggesting that someone could still eat the painting after the singularity.

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    @jackclarkSFThe single most useful take I heard at The Curve was "we can still heist the Mona Lisa after the singularity". There's a subtle/important point here, where some things (e.g, n of 1 goods where originally is valuable) will retain/grow in value even as everything changes.2h
    @kevinakwokYou can still eat the Mona Lisa after the singularity - definitely @kane2h
    @Miles_Brundage@jackclarkSF The OpenAI nonprofit policy team gets together for One Last Job36m
    @alth0uwait until you learn why the mona lisa is worth heisting what did you think retrocausality was?17m

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    Jack Clark on Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear | The Curve 2025Golden Gate Institute for AI · YouTube

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    @jackclarkSFThe single most useful take I heard at The Curve was "we can still heist the Mona Lisa after the singularity". There's a subtle/important point here, where some things (e.g, n of 1 goods where originally is valuable) will retain/grow in value even as everything changes.2h
    @kevinakwokYou can still eat the Mona Lisa after the singularity - definitely @kane2h
    @Miles_Brundage@jackclarkSF The OpenAI nonprofit policy team gets together for One Last Job36m
    @alth0uwait until you learn why the mona lisa is worth heisting what did you think retrocausality was?17m