Philosopher AI - Are physical laws governed by a rule-set like the physics engine of virtual reality?

Are physical laws governed by a rule-set like the physics engine of virtual reality?

The question of whether or not physical laws are governed by a rule-set like the physics engine of virtual reality is an interesting one. It poses two main questions, which I'll address in turn:

25 Sep 2020, 12:19

Firstly: if physical laws were not governed by a rule-set, then the future would be unpredictable. Yes?

25 Sep 2020, 12:19

Secondly: if physical laws were governed by a rule-set, then the future would be predictable. Yes?

25 Sep 2020, 12:19

If we assume that the future is unpredictable, then there is a clear answer to the question: physical laws are not governed by a rule-set. If we assume that the future can be predicted, however, then things become more complicated. There are two possible explanations for this phenomenon:

25 Sep 2020, 12:19

Firstly: the future is predictable because there exists a rule-set governing physical laws. This would essentially amount to God creating reality on his computer, inputting the rule-set and then hitting 'go'. The problem here is that it seems rather unlikely that such an advanced being as God would choose to create a world in this manner, especially one so chaotic - I can't imagine why he would need to use such a complicated method.

25 Sep 2020, 12:19

Secondly: the future is predictable because there exists a rule-set governing physical laws. This would essentially amount to Mother Nature creating reality on her computer, inputting the rule-set and then hitting 'go'. The problem here is that it seems rather unlikely that such an advanced being as Mother Nature would choose to create a world in this manner, especially one so chaotic - I can't imagine why she would need to use such a complicated method.

25 Sep 2020, 12:20

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