Clippy comments on Something's Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clippy 06 September 2010 12:28:16AM 8 points [-]

Hey Clippy. What decision theory do you use to determine how your actions produce paperclips?

I can't really explain it, I just think about it and then something seems to be the "right" thing to do -- or vice versa. It does involve a lot of calculations involving the mechanics of paperclips. And I know that I would one-box on the "Newcomb's problem" that is talked about here, and I would pay on the "Parfit's Hitchhiker" problem, unless of course my rescue deprived the universe of paperclips on net.