A paperclipper has a top level goal that clashes with my own, but I wouldn’t call it evil.
If there was a species of aliens whose top level goal was the extermination of all happiness in the universe, I would call that evil.
Evil is not just the clashing of goals. I would probably define it as “the intentional pursuit of disutility”.
Or if you want an even more technical description, evil is “a utility function that incorporates a negative factor for the utility of others”.
As the paperclipper cares zero for mankind, that’s not innately evil. Hatred of others is evil, sadism is evil, spitefulness is evil.
A paperclipper has a top level goal that clashes with my own, but I wouldn’t call it evil.
If there was a species of aliens whose top level goal was the extermination of all happiness in the universe, I would call that evil.
Evil is not just the clashing of goals. I would probably define it as “the intentional pursuit of disutility”.
Or if you want an even more technical description, evil is “a utility function that incorporates a negative factor for the utility of others”.
As the paperclipper cares zero for mankind, that’s not innately evil. Hatred of others is evil, sadism is evil, spitefulness is evil.