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by MattPalmer1086 1167 days ago
Paperclip maximizers really have nothing to do with p zombies.

A paperclip maximiser is simply an AI with an unconstrained goal that has unintended and bad consequences for us when taken to an extreme.

It does not need to be something that could function exactly like a human without having consciousness.
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nh23423fefe 1164 days ago
That isn't what I said and I dont think you refuted my actual statement. PMs and PZs are incoherent by construction.
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MattPalmer1086 1163 days ago
Ah, I thought you were saying they were the same, my misunderstanding.

I can see an argument that PZs are incoherent by construction, but I'm not sure why a PM is. Can you explain why you think that is so?

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