> Thinking about this a little, it's not clear to me that AI would have a problem with death. We seem unnecessarily asymmetric, caring a lot about our ego not existing in the future when we hardly consider that it already didn't exist for a very long time in the past, but that's probably evolutionary due to the embodiment?
Sure, but that same chasm of difference which means we can't guess at that (despite it being so innate to many of us), means we could very well accidentally cause suffering or induce rage even when we think we're being nice.
— "Make me one with everything," said the monk to the hot dog vendor
(Vendor gives hot dog to monk, monk pays)
— "..." waits the monk
— "How much was that hot dog, anyway? I gave you a 20" says the monk
— "Change," replies the vendor, "is an illusion."