Clippy comments on Extraterrestrial paperclip maximizers - Less Wrong

3 Post author: multifoliaterose 08 August 2010 08:35PM

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Comment author: Clippy 09 August 2010 02:19:33PM 4 points [-]

Not true. Proper paperclip use keeps all stresses under the endurance limit. Perhaps you're referring to humans that are careless about how many sheets they're expecting the paperclip to fasten together?

Comment author: wedrifid 09 August 2010 03:21:32PM 2 points [-]

I suspect Clippy is correct when considering the 'few hundred cycles' case with fairly strict but not completely unreasonable use conditions.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 August 2010 03:20:54PM 0 points [-]

I suspect Clippy is correct when considering the 'few hundred cycles' case with fairly strict but not completely unreasonable use conditions.