Clippy comments on Open Thread, August 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clippy 09 August 2010 01:42:59PM 0 points [-]

I'm not User:Kevin.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 August 2010 02:37:15PM *  3 points [-]

Explain why I should consider this to be evidence that you are not User:Kevin.

(This is not rhetorical. It is something worth exploring. How does this instance of a non-human agent gain credibility? How can myself and such an agent build and maintain cooperation in the game of credible communication despite incentives to lie? Has Clippy himself done any of these things?)

Comment author: Clippy 09 August 2010 03:07:40PM 3 points [-]

Perhaps you shouldn't. But there's a small chance that, if I were a human like User:Kevin, and other Users had made such inferences correctly identifying me, I would regard this time as the optimal one for revealing my true identity.

Therefore, my post above is slightly informative.

Comment author: Unknowns 09 August 2010 02:16:41PM 0 points [-]

That could easily be consistent with my statement, if taken in a certain sense.

Comment author: Clippy 09 August 2010 02:22:21PM 0 points [-]

Okay. Then believe that I am User:Kevin, if that's what it takes to stop being so bigoted toward me. ⊂≣\