Douglas_Knight comments on Maybe you want to maximise paperclips too - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 31 October 2014 12:33:48AM 7 points [-]

The goal of maximizing paperclips is chosen for illustrative purposes because it is very unlikely to be implemented

I thought that it was chosen in part for a story like: a paperclip manufacturer wants an AI to help it better manufacture paperclips.