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

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Comment author: DanielLC 01 November 2014 05:44:13PM 4 points [-]

I think I'd call it incidental clippy. It's not creating paperclips accidentally. It's just that the paperclips are only incidental to its true goal.

Comment author: shminux 01 November 2014 08:13:56PM 1 point [-]

Right, incidental fits better.

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