Maybe. At the moment, it seems rather underspecified—so there doesn’t seem to be much point in trying to predict its actions. If it just makes a few paperclips, in what respect is it a powerful superintelligence—rather than just a boring steel paperclip manufacturer?
As slowly as possible? That is 0 paperclips per second.
That is a do-nothing agent, not an intelligent agent. So: it makes a dreadful example.
As slowly as possible to meet demand with some specific confidence?
Maybe. At the moment, it seems rather underspecified—so there doesn’t seem to be much point in trying to predict its actions. If it just makes a few paperclips, in what respect is it a powerful superintelligence—rather than just a boring steel paperclip manufacturer?
Agreed.