Link discussing the more general statistical phenomenon in greater detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
I believe the OP is referring to the 'paperclip maximizer' argument. More info at http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html & http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer. In short, the argument isn't that the AI…
Asimov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_Way. Not exactly what you asked for, but pretty close. Deals with bringing water to Earth. Edit: Added very brief description
Link discussing the more general statistical phenomenon in greater detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
I believe the OP is referring to the 'paperclip maximizer' argument. More info at http://www.nickbostrom.com/ethics/ai.html & http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer. In short, the argument isn't that the AI…
Asimov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_Way. Not exactly what you asked for, but pretty close. Deals with bringing water to Earth. Edit: Added very brief description