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Does Clippy maximise number-of-paperclips-in-universe (given all available information) or some proxy variable like number-of-paperclips-counted-so-far? If the former, Clippy does not want to move to a simulation. If the latter, Clippy does want to move to a simulation.
The same analysis applies to humankind.
I maximize the number of papercips in the universe (that exist an arbitrarily long time from now). I use "number of paperclips counted so far" as a measure of progress, but it is always screened off by more direct measures, or expected quantities, of paperclips in the universe.
I'm not certain that's so, as ISTM many of the things humanity wants to maximize are to a large extent representation-invariant - in particular because they refer to other people - and could be done just as well in a simulation. The obvious exception being actual knowledge of the outside world.