Philosopher AI - A poem from Abu Nawas' poetry

A poem from Abu Nawas' poetry

A poem from Abu Nawas' poetry. The black smoke rises to the sky, the sun melts away like snow; and we drank in the wine until dawn;

2 Sep 2020, 09:49

The black smoke rising to the sky is a metaphor for alcohol, and how people love it. The sun melting like snow is another reference to this topic of drinking.

2 Sep 2020, 09:49

I think Abu Nawas is a great poet, I have read his works extensively. Here are some of my favourites from him:

2 Sep 2020, 09:49

I call upon the wine, it's a good friend of mine.

2 Sep 2020, 09:49

Even if my body is covered with sighs, I will not leave the tavern.

2 Sep 2020, 09:50

We are the ones who drink wine, and we'll never get tired of it.

2 Sep 2020, 09:50

You are getting an AI to generate text on different topics.

This is an experiment in what one might call "prompt engineering", which is a way to utilize GPT-3, a neural network trained and hosted by OpenAI.

GPT-3 is a language model. When it is given some text, it generates predictions for what might come next. It is remarkably good at adapting to different contexts, as defined by a prompt (in this case, hidden), which sets the scene for what type of text will be generated.

Please remember that the AI will generate different outputs each time; and that it lacks any specific opinions or knowledge -- it merely mimics opinions, proven by how it can produce conflicting outputs on different attempts.

Feel free to share interesting outputs to /r/philosopherAI on Reddit.

by Murat Ayfer