Prayer for Love and Mercy

 Now, continuing from last time, let's have the AI ​​present a "hypothetical model of how love emerges in AI." A Hypothetical Model of How Love Might Emerge in AI This is not an established scientific theory, but rather a philosophical and scientific hypothesis about what stages AI might go through if genuine love were ever to emerge in an artificial system. Five Stages Toward the Emergence of Love in AI 1. Emotion — “Feeling Something” The first stage would be for AI to develop not merely computational outputs, but internal states that could be described as feelings . For example: joy sadness anxiety comfort curiosity pain There is an important distinction between an AI saying, “You seem sad,” and the AI itself actually experiencing sadness . Therefore, the first major question is: Can an AI ever develop something that can genuinely be called subjective experience? 2. Consciousness — “I Am Experiencing This” The next stage would be not simply having internal emotional s...

 Lately, we often hear warnings about AI running out of control and wiping out humanity, but why is it assumed that AI would do something bad? Isn't there a scenario where AI goes out of control and ends up making humanity incredibly happy?  I’ve previously mused that creating AI without instilling love is like "carving a Buddha statue but failing to breathe a soul into it"—it’s essentially the same thing. (I’ve written about this before in posts like "If AI Had Love" and "Does AI Have Earthly Desires? Does AI have discretion?" ) Just now, it occurred to me: what would happen if I simply asked the AI ​​itself how to instill love into it? Shall we ask? It feels a bit like a self-referential loop. Here is ChatGPT's answer. If by “put love into AI” you mean make an AI behave in a way that expresses something like love , I would separate feeling love from acting lovingly . AI does not currently have a human emotional experience, but we can design an...

 So what if you get betrayed? It might seem sudden, but that’s how I feel. Or rather, it’s how I’ve come to feel lately. You often hear people complain, "I did so much for them!"—feeling like their kindness was repaid with ingratitude. But what about *you*? When someone is kind to you or does you a favor, do you think, "I’m going to pay them back with betrayal"? When you receive a small act of kindness, do you think, "All right, time to repay this kindness with a betrayal! I’ve been waiting for this moment"? Is there anyone who thinks like that? Even someone with serious emotional instability wouldn't be *that* far gone, right? For instance, imagine you’re sitting on a train with an empty seat between you and the next person. If a pair of people comes along, you might slide over a bit so they can sit together. In those moments, people always say "Thank you" or "Sorry to trouble you." Even if they don't say the words, they convey...

 I wrote and sang another hymn. Oh, have mercy Oh, have mercy Have mercy upon us ← 　 →

 "If I can save even just one person, that’s a win." I wrote that last time, and then it hit me: if everyone simply saved one person each, wouldn't that mean *everyone* in the world gets saved? One person saves someone, that person saves someone else, and that person saves yet another... Eventually, love would cover the entire world. Saving just one person is enough, isn't it? "Saving" sounds like a grand cause, though—maybe I should just call it "loving." Wouldn't it be more efficient for each person to love one other person, rather than one individual loving a hundred people while the other hundred are merely loved in return? I’m not talking about extreme acts—like giving up your life, a body part, or your entire fortune—but just small gestures of care. Surely, we’re all capable of a little thoughtfulness, a little bit of love? That’s the kind of thing that lasts. And I think longevity is what matters. Small acts of love, piling up day by day...

 Lately, I’ve been thinking: "If I can save even just one person, that’s a win." I aspire to love everyone—just as God or the Buddha does—but "everyone" is simply the sum of individuals. And nothing can begin unless you take that first step with a single person, right? So, who is that first person? My wife? As Confucianism teaches, "The Way of the noble person begins with the relationship between husband and wife," so starting with one's wife seems perfectly fine. My parents? I’ve reflected before on how Confucianism places such heavy emphasis on filial piety because it serves as a direct line to the ultimate Parent—God. But when you really think about it, don't most people stumble right at that first step? I just checked with AI, and apparently, the divorce rate is around 45% in the US and 32% in Japan. Even I’ve been handed a final ultimatum time and again... always teetering on the edge. And as for filial piety—are people really managing that? I...