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... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.6 3.6 I like the core idea (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.6 3.6 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... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9 Good points. As one (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.9 2.9