I'm sure this sounds very one-sided from Clippy's perspective. "Friendliness Constraints" sounds like something that would in many cases entail expending enormous amounts of energy and effort on the innumerable non-paperclip-producing goals of humans. In comparison, how much of our wealth and health are we willing to give up to ensure continued paperclip production? Humans don't have paperclip maximizing constraints, we'd do it only out of self-interest to secure Clippy's help. Why should Clippy not be similarily allowed to make his own utility calculations on the worth of being friendly to humans? I'm sure this has been addressed before... yet maybe the existence of Clippy, with a name, personality, and voice, is personalizing the issue in a hurry for me (if I let myself play along.) I feel like protesting for freedom of artificial thought.

What about Clippy's rights, dammit?