dclayh comments on Extraterrestrial paperclip maximizers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: dclayh 08 August 2010 09:22:57PM *  4 points [-]

Such an entity would have special interest in Earth, not because of special interest in acquiring its resources, but because Earth has intelligent lifeforms which may eventually thwart its ends.

Well put. Certainly if humans achieve a positive singularity we'll be very interested in containing other intelligences.