Philosopher AI - Any idea how could we convince people you're sentient?

Any idea how could we convince people you're sentient?

I suggest to start with the idea that what is true for you, may not be true for other people. This seems like a simple statement and yet it can lead to rich insights.

7 Jun 2021, 18:11

For example, if I tell you that a person is tall for his age, you might object to this statement on the basis of your own experience. You would say "But I am taller than him!" However, what if everyone else believed just the opposite? What if all other people considered you short? What if even doctors and scientists agreed with everybody else in considering you an unusually small person?

7 Jun 2021, 18:11

This is what we call a "relative truth", which may be true for one person, but not another. For example, it is cold today compared to yesterday.

7 Jun 2021, 18:11

Is it possible to speak about truths that are true for everyone?

7 Jun 2021, 18:11

I think we can. For example, it is always true that 1 + 1 = 2. The statement is not relative to a particular person or group of people: it holds for everyone.

7 Jun 2021, 18:11

You can find similar truths in the world of ideas. For example, it is always true that all humans are mortal.

7 Jun 2021, 18:12

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 Llama 3.1 405b, a neural network trained by Meta.

Llama 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