I think Eliezer addressed that at one point (using a cake-making intelligence, I believe) - it would be more ethical, from a human perspective, to allow the paperclippers to make paperclips. However, it would be unethical to change the world from it’s current state to one containing trillions of paperclippers, since the CEV of current people don’t want that.
I think Eliezer addressed that at one point (using a cake-making intelligence, I believe) - it would be more ethical, from a human perspective, to allow the paperclippers to make paperclips. However, it would be unethical to change the world from it’s current state to one containing trillions of paperclippers, since the CEV of current people don’t want that.