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The former Lib Dem leader also highlighted the benefits of generative AI, mocking the idea the technology would "turn us all into paperclips by next Tuesday".

The smart earring prototype is about the size and weight of a small paperclip and has a 28-day battery life.

About the length of a paperclip but skinny as pencil lead, it’s translucent and sinuous like a jellyfish tentacle.

However, since in this silly example our AGI successor would do nothing but make paperclips, this would be a case of normative extinction.

"We would have invaded Iraq if Saddam Hussein had a rubber band and a paperclip," says Mr Rueda.