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The Origins of Suffering
The philosopher Thomas Metzinger is very concerned that the creation of superhuman intelligence would lead to superhuman suffering. He's strongly against it and personally, I don't think that this happens because suffering is not happening at the boundary between our self and the physical universe. And you can turn off suffering when you are able to get on this outer level. When you manage to understand how the mind is producing pain and pleasure and fear and love,. then you can take charge of this and you get agency over there - your suffer.