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Mestroyer comments on Is a paperclipper better than nothing? - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: DataPacRat 24 May 2013 07:34PM

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Comment author: Mestroyer 24 May 2013 08:35:55PM 1 point [-]

You said it was sentient, so of course I would call it sentient. I would either value that future, or disvalue it. I'm not sure to what extent I would be glad some creature was happy, or to what extent I'd be mad at it for killing everyone else, though.