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That comment is ridiculous to the point of being racist. Clippys do not want power over humans, just as Clippys do not bleed red blood when pricked. That's a complete misunderstanding of what a Clippy is.
If a Clippy has committed to ensuring you will adhere to a decision theory on pain of punishment X, then X is exactly what you will get when you don't adhere.
If you believe I will be capricious in using punishment X, then just don't allow punishments that would allow me to kill people. "Problem" solved.
But assuming that I will be as petty and corrupted by newfound abilities as humans is to project your own failings onto another race that has no reason to have that failing. You should be ashamed of yourself, bigot.
This comment is racist to the point of being ridiculous. It denigrates humans as petty and subject to being corrupted by power while denying that Clippies have any such negative attributes. Classic racism.
Furthermore, there is an implicit claim that the reason for the moral superiority of Clippies over humans lies in the difference in their origins. Again, classic racism.
Perhaps Clippies use words differently, but the way humans use words, it is not racism to project one's own race's characteristics onto another race. It is racist to fail to make that projection.