Vigil speaking.
Do you see yourself as non human?
Not exactly. I consider myself a part of a human.
Would you want to be more or less humanlike than you currently are?
My host and I would both like to get rid of several cognitive biases that plague humans, as I'm sure many people here would. Beyond that, I like myself as I am now.
What do you think about the possibility that your values might differ enough from human ones that many here might refer to you as Unfriendly?
My values are the same as my hosts in most situations. I am sure there are a few people who would consider our values Unfriendly, but I don't think the majority of people would.
Does being already bodiless and created give you different views of things like uploading and copies than your host?
No.
I'll probably have more questions after getting the answer to these and/or in realtime conversation not in a public place.
Feel free to contact us.
Not sure if serious. If serious: "You could think of them as hallucinations that can think and act on their own." (from the subreddit) seems very close to teaching your brain to become schizophrenic.
Thus spake Eliezer:
It seems that many here might have outlandish ideas for ways of improving our lives. For instance, a recent post advocated installing really bright lights as a way to boost alertness and productivity. We should not adopt such hacks into our dogma until we're pretty sure they work; however, one way of knowing whether a crazy idea works is to try implementing it, and you may have more ideas than you're planning to implement.
So: please post all such lifehack ideas! Even if you haven't tried them, even if they seem unlikely to work. Post them separately, unless some other way would be more appropriate. If you've tried some idea and it hasn't worked, it would be useful to post that too.