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Hypotheses for conditions under which the self-other boundary of a survival-oriented agent (human or ai) blurs most, ie conditions where blurring is selected for:
Agent thinks very long term about survival.
Agent's hardware is physically distributed.
Agent is very intelligent.
Agent advantages from symbiotic relationships with other agents.