Philosopher AI - Afterlife

Afterlife

We live in the knowledge that our lives will end. Death is a very real part of life, and it's hard to understand its meaning. But humans have always tried to grasp the concept and answer this question: Is there an afterlife?

9 Dec 2020, 03:20

The first idea was that if we live righteously, God will reward us in Heaven. This is the Abrahamic view of an afterlife: Heaven for those who have done their duty, and hell for sinners.

9 Dec 2020, 03:20

However, there is no proof that there is a God. And if we do not live righteously nor follow God's commands, does that mean we will be sent to hell? The Abrahamic views on heaven and hell are inconsistent with the facts.

9 Dec 2020, 03:20

The second idea was that after death, our souls live on in an afterlife. The soul is supposed to be the essence of a person, its mental and spiritual nature. If we believe in the existence of souls, then it is logical to assume there can be an afterlife.

9 Dec 2020, 03:20

Some people believe that death is not the end. We go through several lives on Earth, and when we die, our souls are reborn into new bodies.

9 Dec 2020, 03:20

According to Hinduism, the cycle of births and deaths is endless. It continues until we are liberated from the cycle. The end of this rebirth process comes only when one achieves salvation.

9 Dec 2020, 03:21

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