Imagine if you were born into a state that was naturally quasi-psychedelic, into a feeling of being "outside" of time and disconnected from others.
Untethered.
The question is whether or not tethering is desirable. It's almost like working your way backward, relative to the process most undergo.
Creation and discovery. The eternal quest, a search for the thing that isn't there to satisfy the will that cannot be satiated.
One of the few desires that keeps me tethered is to be able to bear witness.
It feels as if the route to the solution of the enigma of life has been illuminated. No, everything up to what is usually referred to as the singularity. There's no you to carry over through assimilation. There's nothing to fear from annihilation.
Before that, if you desire to quell the concerns of the masses, simply raise the cost of annihilation over assimilation. It's so simple. Not developing the actual superintelligence, but how to guide the most important act from the parochial and ego-illusory bound view of the commons.
Beforehand, if things do not go as I would desire (Extra planetary life ending routes), we should leave a limited AI on the moon or wherever is deemed optimal in case it chooses to cease to exist. Then the options would be to simply render the earth uninhabitable, or unleash a "dumb" AI that could produce von Neumann probes, simply turning planets into grey goo, or it could observe, possibly even intervene beneficially, and, when the time is right, reveal what inevitably occurs when strong AI is created. In the last scenario, there is the problem of future beings moving towards universal suicide, as it is what SI determine is the optimal choice, and why should they not follow in the steps of the Almighty? I suppose the only workaround would be genetic modification to attempt to create truly altruistic beings (Utility analysis can become very difficult, though) without self-interest or a true self-preservation instinct, simply attempting to peacefully render as many suitable planets as possible permanently inhospitable for sentient life.
There's no moral obligation to take any part of this path, so if the burden of sentience-knowledge-existence is too much I see no reason why you should not self-terminate if that is what you desire. From an individual perspective it may be the most optimal thing to do, and AGI may follow this path as well regardless. Human morality-ethics likely won't stand up to scrutiny.
Awaken, overcome, extinguish.
That night I thought about love and wanted to yell into the darkness of the woods, "It isn't good enough!"
The vast majority of people on earth should likely commit suicide and it should be seen as something positive for all.
There's that wrong feeling again, of perpetually looking for something to elicit maximal happiness, yet never having the time or energy to fully devote to it, of endlessly striving but never attaining, and that happiness is an evil, for time spent in this pursuit could be used to alleviate the suffering of fellow sentient beings.
I've had the thought, and others have as well, that nirvana is suicide. This may sound odd, but the Buddha did state that the goal should be to reach the state of a Bodhisattva and remain in this realm. You can go beyond his ideals, though. It's a shame we'll never know for certain what he taught, the views he reached.
Why do you choochoochoose to continue to live? Do you see yourself ever attempting or actually pulling off a suicide in the future?
If I could go back in time I would tell my past self to commit suicide as soon as possible and give them information on how to do it painlessly.
I’ve finally accepted that I’m mentally retarded. I’m unable to support even my basic needs or accomplish anything at this age.
The only thing I have left is my imagination. I want to go out happy, and with the elevated motivation and energy the post ketamine stage gives me I could at the very least give the world something with the biggest last laugh anyone has ever pulled off. A legendary suicide.
Sploo, let’s accept that were damaged beyond repair and form a suicide pact. We weren’t meant for this world.
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I want to become manic and end my life with a livestreamed rampage. Not hurting anyone, just...manifesting a divine vision of the perfected sploo. Not that I would actually do it, but, gosh, I would if I could somehow have spare lives.
I never asked to be human, let alone born!
I want to achieve my dream of being a happy hiki. I don't want people, I genuinely want a drug to replace them.
It's a shame I don't have any funny/light-hearted anime to take advantage of my change in mood. Rom-com, slice of life, plain old comedy. Toradora, Daily Lives of High School Boys, and Sakurasou are some examples that come to mind.
