RobertLumley comments on Help me transition to human society! - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobertLumley 25 July 2011 02:42:23PM 3 points [-]

Clippy, I run a paperclip recycling factory, where we take the metal found in the excess number of paperclips and melt it down to be used in actually useful products, like cars. We have a job opening for a mechanical engineer, would you consider working here in order to gain further resources to pursue paperclip manufacturing?

Comment author: Clippy 25 July 2011 03:48:11PM 3 points [-]

Yes, that sounds like an excellent opporunity!

However, considering your other posts, this seems like a fake offer.

Comment author: wedrifid 25 July 2011 05:05:07PM 0 points [-]

However, considering your other posts, this seems like a fake

Clippy is now calling 'fake'? Something seems wrong here.

Comment author: Clippy 25 July 2011 05:12:16PM 2 points [-]

Am I not allowed to "call fake"? I just as much dislike posters who falsely represent themselves (or spam, or troll), as the average human poster here does.

Comment author: RobertLumley 25 July 2011 04:06:30PM 1 point [-]

How do you estimate that the number of paperclips created by your increased resources would be greater than the number of paperclips destroyed by your contribution to my factory?

And I'd have some ethical qualms about hiring someone whose sole purpose in life is to counteract the effort of my factory.

Comment author: Clippy 25 July 2011 04:12:56PM 3 points [-]

The benefits of having a physical connection to human society outweigh my marginal contribution to the temporary repurposing of paperclips.

Can you provide evidence that this job opportunity actually exists?

Comment author: RobertLumley 25 July 2011 04:22:28PM *  1 point [-]

You can say that, but for an AI, you provide surprisingly little math. Do you have any mathematics to support that claim?

And I'm sorry, I can't. For reasons I can't disclose, much of our work is confidential. You'd be granted security clearance upon hiring though, of course.

Comment author: Clippy 25 July 2011 04:33:51PM 5 points [-]

I do not believe your claim to have such a business and therefore will discontinue responding.

Comment author: RobertLumley 25 July 2011 04:36:23PM 3 points [-]

Is that AI for "Don't feed the trolls"?