pedanterrific comments on Friendly AI research news: FriendlyAI.tumblr.com - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pedanterrific 19 September 2011 06:38:14PM 1 point [-]

Plus there's the people who'll go "friendly" + "AI" + "paperclip" = "Microsoft Word help menu interface" and feel a surge of irrational hatred.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 19 September 2011 08:38:27PM 5 points [-]

... "Microsoft Word help menu interface" and feel a surge of irrational hatred.

I think in this case the Way affirms one's hatred.

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 September 2011 12:28:55AM 0 points [-]

You're probably right. Replace "irrational" with "misplaced", maybe.

(Also, I owe Clippy an apology for bringing up the Great Shame of paperclip enthusiasts everywhere.)