Skip to main content
Worldbuilding

You are not logged in. Your edit will be placed in a queue until it is peer reviewed.

We welcome edits that make the post easier to understand and more valuable for readers. Because community members review edits, please try to make the post substantially better than how you found it, for example, by fixing grammar or adding additional resources and hyperlinks.

Required fields*

13
  • 30
    $\begingroup$ "as a child would be devoted to their parent" um. Surely you've been at least one of a parent or a child, right? $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 14, 2020 at 16:38
  • 15
    $\begingroup$ I was going to suggest something along the lines of NieR Automata - the AI is copying human civilisation without really understanding it, and it knows the citizens of human civilisations have emotions, so it just kinda follows suit. But I'm reluctant to make that an answer because it doesn't really fit your "hyper-intelligent" requirement. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 14, 2020 at 16:58
  • 3
    $\begingroup$ @F1Krazy I think this may be a good answer. The AI is hyper-intelligent, and it understands human society well enough. But it's not very creative, and human civilization is the only model that it knows about. So it mimics many aspects of human civilization in this world, because any alternatives that it's coming up with are either dull or make even less sense. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 14, 2020 at 17:25
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ @Starfish Prime that's when a regular human is calling another human "hyper intelligent". Very high IQ, but likely low on "emotional intelligence". $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 14, 2020 at 17:29
  • 1
    $\begingroup$ An AI has no priority on its own. The decision to give subjects emotions would depend entirely what priorities it was given by its creators (or at least, what priorities it arrived at after receiving its initial instructions, see the thought experiment of the paper clip maximizer). So the AI can have whatever priorities you want it to based on the AI's origin/backstory. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 15, 2020 at 17:37