Love, Emotion and the Singularity

Abstract

Proponents of the singularity hypothesis have argued that there will come a point at which machines will overtake us not only in intelligence but that machines will also have emotional capabilities. However, human cognition is not something that takes place only in the brain; one cannot conceive of human cognition without embodiment. This essay considers the emotional nature of cognition by exploring the most human of emotions—romantic love. By examining the idea of love from an evolutionary and a physiological perspective, the author suggests that in order to account for the full range of human cognition, one must also account for the emotional aspects of cognition. The paper concludes that if there is to be a singularity that transcends human cognition, it must be embodied. As such, the singularity could not be completely non-organic; it must take place in the form of a cyborg, wedding the digital to the biological.

Pareidolic and Uncomplex Technological Singularity

“…Because nothing can be without the power-to-be, the power to erupt from what-is-virtual into what-is-real [4] (pp. [91][92], this power-of-being/power-to-be is fueling both our future(s) and our studies of the future(s).…”

“…As quoted in this special issue of Information, "human minds are incredibly complex" [76] and the way humans think in patterns is very different from AI/AGI data processing [90]. So, an AGI leading to TS should necessarily embody human-like emotions in cognition [91].…”

“…There is no need here to consider again the discussion about the strong AGI's hypothesis and the dangers AGI's (human-like) misunderstanding could bring with it, already detailed in their paper and/or in other papers from this special issue of Information [90][91][92].…”