>However, of course a maximizer wouldn't want to modify itself into a satisficer - how would this result in it making more paperclips? It doesn't want to make

>However, of course a maximizer wouldn't want to modify itself into a satisficer - how would this result in it making more paperclips? It doesn't want to make paperclips, it wants to maximize it's function. Putting more easily satifyable terms there will do that. If it wants to make paper clips as its primary goal then there is no incentive to get better at it.