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It doesn't cause serious problems in my life. I just have the standard aversion to going to bed. But I know that it robs me of 1/3 of my potential life, just as dying at age 53 robs someone of 1/3 their potential life span of 80 years. I have tried to transition to polyphasic sleep a few times, with no success.
In regards to "Do you want to hate sleep?", I assume you're asking a "desire to desire" analogue of "belief in belief". My hatred of sleep simply comes from the recognition of the fact that it robs any conscious experience from me, and therefore robs me of all value receivable during that time. I could just ignore it and get used to it, but I think a conscious recognition of the true value of things is the optimal way to feel (is there some decision theory theorem about this?). It's certainly not the kind of futile, life-degrading hatred that some people have have against, say, the state, their parents, or society.
If it's that important to you, you could consider investing some hours in training yourself to lucid dream.
After some research, this looks feasible! Thanks! My only concern is that there really won't be much value in the lucid dreams. For instance, I'm pretty sure I can't work on AGI or anything mathy during a dream.
You can probably do purely cognitive work in a lucid dream, although its portability will be limited by your memory. It's probably more efficient to have your daily diet of fun while you sleep, and then need less entertainment while you're awake so you get more work done.