>> I can imagine there being severe consequences when someone falls of a cliff and suddenly transitions to seeing the emotional connection they have invested in

>> I can imagine there being severe consequences when someone falls of a cliff and suddenly transitions to seeing the emotional connection they have invested in over many years as being shallow and meaningless Some interesting points. For this specific one, I also think of this with time-invested video games, things like Minecraft, World of Warcraft, etc. Do people suddenly stop playing video games when confronted with life-altering perspective shifts? I don't know. >> or supports your inner instinct to refuse treatment or not to take the medication prescribed by your doctor? Real people do this, too (i.e. homeopathic medicine), but I suspect an AI would less likely to do this. Might be an interesting experiment.