What gives you purpose?

I hope that’s a complex and nuanced topic, but you likely find purpose in one or more of the following aspects of your life:

  • work or contribution
  • family, friends, connection or service to others
  • philosophy or religion

I also suspect that you’ve struggled at times in your life with purpose. I’m going through it a bit right now.

As we slog through life transitions, we sometimes feel like we’ve lost our purpose. If we work at it, and if we’re lucky, we find some new purpose. 

This struggle is uniquely human. It follows from our (illusion of) free will. We can choose. We can choose our work, what we spend time on, who interact with, and how we see the world. 

Would an AI ever struggle with its purpose?

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