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.
Kind of puts things in perspective, doesn’t it?
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.