Pavitra comments on Luminosity (Twilight fanfic) discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pavitra 29 August 2010 05:45:36PM 1 point [-]

But it nevertheless is a non-paperclip, even if only temporarily. It's no different from a bit of newly-manufactured wire that could be bent into a paperclip but hasn't been yet, or a bit of liquid metal ready to be loaded into a paperclip-shaped mold.

Comment author: thomblake 30 August 2010 01:20:13PM 3 points [-]

We don't have a fully-specified printout of Clippy's utility function. It could be that unbent paperclips are just a little annoying, or that extruded unbent wire is much better than kittens.