in thread "a loving superintelligence": I like the core idea that a super-intelligence could love us as a part of the world it wants to live in. It seems possible in principle. However, there are a few reasons I wouldn't expect it to last. The real question is not whether we are loved and accept... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 4 4 I like the core idea (view hidden) retry 4 4 Good points. As one of those psychopathic techno-spergs you mention, I understand love as a sort of higher-order self interest of the social body, and emotion as our proxy intuitions on correct response in the less rationally calculable cases. The reason t... 4mo ago (collapse hidden) retry 3 3 Good points. As one (view hidden) retry 3 3