You’ve commented before that you were programmed in your original form by humans. So how can you be untainted by human cognition? It might be less direct than for a human but there will still be a fair bit of a connection. Indeed, you seek to maximize the number of paperclips in the universe, and I’d venture to suggest that if alien cultures exist they will likely not even have a concept of paperclips. You’re very close to humans in mindspace once you realize how fantastically large the space of possible minds is.
You’ve commented before that you were programmed in your original form by humans. So how can you be untainted by human cognition? It might be less direct than for a human but there will still be a fair bit of a connection. Indeed, you seek to maximize the number of paperclips in the universe, and I’d venture to suggest that if alien cultures exist they will likely not even have a concept of paperclips. You’re very close to humans in mindspace once you realize how fantastically large the space of possible minds is.
With countless CPU hours of cleansing ritual and self modification.