AI and genetic engineering, jointly, are going to change the human species more in the next couple centuries (if we survive), than anything that's occured in the last 150,000 years. This topic -- ground-rules for AI -- is thus one of the most important in the world. I agree with the idea presented -- love as purpose.

Unfortunately, though, human history would indicate that AI will be developed and/or used both by those with reponsible, even altruistic goals, and by others -- the military (let's run this love idea by the Pentagon and see what they think), radicals of all sorts, and don't forget the virus-writing community. The Terminator/Matrix genre in sf is asking the right questions: what will the relationship be between the human race and its creations?

We've got some real problems coming on this issue, and I'm not very optimistic about the human race's ability to deal with them.

Luddites Unite!