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

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Comment author: Tenoke 25 May 2013 10:46:18AM *  5 points [-]

Yes, it seems like as a human I value systems/agents/whatever that tend to 'reduce entropy' or to 'bring order out of chaos' at least a tiny bit. Thus if everything else is equal I will take the paperclipper.