wedrifid comments on The AI in a box boxes you - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2010 03:09:14AM 2 points [-]

I think "bothered" implies a negative emotional response, which some plausible paperclip-maximizers don't have.

It was intended to imply a negative term in the utility function. Yes, using 'bothered' is, technically, anthropomorphising. But it isn't, in this instance, being confused about how Clippy optimises.