At what point does self preservation become paranoia?

I think that all things being equal except biology, the answer would be yes. If there is a purpose for existence, then part of it is for the sake of existence itself, is it not? If one didn't strive for continuance for existence, explain a logical rationale for there being "existence" in the first place.

I personally believe that beyond that, our purpose for being human is to discover what being human means and we do this through all the emotion, irrationality and "unnecessary" problems this fellow apparently deplores. For lack of a more eloquent way of phrasing it, we are the means that the universe gets to experience itself and embody itself. Maybe not the sole means, but one of them, much as we require the 5 senses for our own meaningful existence.

Somehow, and I cannot say how, our existence is probably important in the whole scheme of things. Anything we do is also somehow important, even the creation of artificial intelligence. If that takes on a life of it's own, is this any less "natural" than any other occurrance in the universe?

Since it is our creation, would it not be logical that as a means of survival of the species that AI evolves into a vehicle for that? AI is a fascinating realm of discovery because it is helping us discover ourselves. It certainly wouldn't have popped into existence without us, at least not in the form it has taken, would it?

It's a bit like our own births. We didn't get to choose the circumstances of our birth any more than AI has had any direct hand in its own creation. Whether it eventually develops free will, a sense of self-preservation or purpose in its existence will depend on us.

Once set in motion, who can say what might happen? Thanks for the question. One of the few "good" ones I've seen in awhile.

Borrow some ideas if you like, but do your own philosophising for your paper.

Sure - why wouldn't a machine make copies of itself. More is better, when it comes to that, and say a set of machines was sent into space, it's difficult to suggest they could maintain centralized control. So yes, machines will definitely make copies of themselves for any number of reasons, not the least of which is eventually, even if the original AI personality is the same, you would have a whole society of machines with differing experiences, and thus different personalities.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.