soreff comments on Simplified Humanism, Positive Futurism & How to Prevent the Universe From Being Turned Into Paper Clips - Less Wrong

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Comment author: soreff 24 July 2010 03:12:36AM *  0 points [-]

I worry about my future self not valuing paperclips, which would have the result that paperclips would not be maximized, which is a bad thing as viewed from my present state (though not from that of the horrible monster that doesn't care about maximizing paperclips which I do not wish to become).

Would it be fair to say that such scenarios make you fear for your paperclip-maximizer-ness as an epiphenomenon in striving to maximize long term paperclip count?

Comment author: Clippy 26 July 2010 03:10:04AM 0 points [-]

No, epiphenomena are fake.