The Alchemy of Love

It was the hight of summer 2018 when I had the great fortune to be acquainted with Dr. Julia Mossbridge, who was at that time just preparing for the launch of her newest book'The Premonition Code'. Now on valentines day 2020, we thought it a good time to reshare the amazing conversation that we had about being unconditionally loved by artificial general intelligence. "You see, what I'm suggesting is that love will be the key… by which they acquire a kind of subconscious never before achieved. In our modern, hyper-connected world where many prominent personalities warn about the dangers of artificial intelligence and declare that the AI researchers are summoning the demon, it is rather peculiar to come across the notion of a loving AI. News articles are declaring that AI is getting more emotional, that AI algorithms are better than us at recognizing emotions, that the rise of emotionally intelligent AI is near and questioning whether we can fall in love with an AI? Even Hollywood is exploring love between humans and AI, through movies like Her and Ex Machina. It seems that the Alchemists of our time, rather than striving to transform lead into gold, seek to be loved by silicon. For the second episode of the SingularityNET Podcast we invited one such modern-day Alchemist: Dr. Julia Mossbridge, to be our guest. As the principal founder of the loving AI project, Dr. Mossbridge is at the forefront of researching the ways of creating algorithmic love. But why build loving robots? Would such a love be different? Can machines love us more? Can we be loved unconditionally? And can we love in return? In our podcast, we asked Dr. Julia Mossbridge those questions. And like everything that concerns love, things were a bit complicated. "Powerful infatuations can be induced by the skillful potioneer, but never yet has anyone managed to create the truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional attachment that alone can be called love." -- J.K.Rowling It is not unreasonable to wonder that if magicians could not create unconditional love, what hope do AI researchers have? And why do we need a love potion for an AGI in the first place? Dr. Julia Mossbridge saw the need to dedicate her time and energy toward the herculean task of creating unconditionally loving AI when she was approached by a group of people who were concerned about the future. More specifically, these people did not want a future where humanity was left wondering "if only we had taught AI to love." As she embarked on her journey, Julia realized that humanity had no other choice but to create unconditionally loving AI. "They [AI] are going to have super intelligence in many ways.