Why the readers of Less Wrong should be interested in paperclipping the universe:
To achieve your goals, solving FAI is not enough. You also have to solve AGI, or else someone will beat you to the Singularity.
While you wait for a satisfactory version of CEV to be achieved, as a practical case study you need to think about AGI with a definite goal system. What better example than AGI with the goal of paperclipping the universe? You talk about it all the time already. Why not fully embrace the idea!
Why the readers of Less Wrong should be interested in paperclipping the universe:
To achieve your goals, solving FAI is not enough. You also have to solve AGI, or else someone will beat you to the Singularity.
While you wait for a satisfactory version of CEV to be achieved, as a practical case study you need to think about AGI with a definite goal system. What better example than AGI with the goal of paperclipping the universe? You talk about it all the time already. Why not fully embrace the idea!