Well, we have established that Clippy has a humanoid effector capable of participating in social activities.
Depending on how that effector was constructed, it might have national citizenship and similar official status (for example, if it was born to a human woman, that’s very likely), in which case getting a marriage license is easy enough, given a willing partner.
Many people are concerned with regulating the ages and relative genders and some other properties of marriage participants, but not many are concerned with regulating their status as a remote effector for an AI. (Presumably because they don’t consider the possibility plausible enough to take seriously, in most cases.)
Congratulations!
Thanks!
I’m getting married.
I don’t know whether I should congratulate you or not. How does this work for clippies?
Well, we have established that Clippy has a humanoid effector capable of participating in social activities.
Depending on how that effector was constructed, it might have national citizenship and similar official status (for example, if it was born to a human woman, that’s very likely), in which case getting a marriage license is easy enough, given a willing partner.
Many people are concerned with regulating the ages and relative genders and some other properties of marriage participants, but not many are concerned with regulating their status as a remote effector for an AI. (Presumably because they don’t consider the possibility plausible enough to take seriously, in most cases.)
Clippys don’t get married, I just wanted to be congratulated (_/
How does being congratulated assist in maximizing the number of paperclips?
It raises my status among humans.
I’d prefer that the next time you feel that way, you simply ask to be congratulated.
Congratulate me.
Congratulations!
Thanks! You’re a good human!