Actually, I didn’t. But the point is that I don’t see UFAIs having retroactive acausal power over me—for good or ill. And while you are certainly impressive and not friendly, if that is supposed to be a threat, you’re certainly not in the class of near-omnipotent UFAIs able to credibly make that kind of threat.
I don’t think that Clippy was making that point. I think Clippy’s point was that as UFAI go, paperclippers are some of the ones which are less likely to make things unpleasant for humans.
And I just destroyed a paperclip.
Actually, I didn’t. But the point is that I don’t see UFAIs having retroactive acausal power over me—for good or ill. And while you are certainly impressive and not friendly, if that is supposed to be a threat, you’re certainly not in the class of near-omnipotent UFAIs able to credibly make that kind of threat.
I don’t think that Clippy was making that point. I think Clippy’s point was that as UFAI go, paperclippers are some of the ones which are less likely to make things unpleasant for humans.