Philosopher AI - Are there any limits to what can be learned?

Are there any limits to what can be learned?

If there are no limits to learn, then we couldn't know. So, if there were an actually infinite amount of knowledge or learning available than this would mean that the human race will eventually be completely able to predict everything about reality and perfectly understand it. However, because reality is complex and humans can't live forever then they never could know everything so therefore some piece of information must not exist in order for this thought experiment to make sense.

24 Nov 2020, 15:11

If there is a finite amount of knowledge or learning available, then it would mean that the human race will eventually be able to predict everything about reality and perfectly understand it. However, because reality is complex and humans can't live forever then they never could know everything so therefore some piece of information must not exist in order for this thought experiment to make sense.

24 Nov 2020, 15:11

I assume you mean that if there is a finite amount of knowledge or learning available, then it means humans will eventually be able to predict everything about reality and perfectly understand it. However, because reality is complex and humans can't live forever then they never could know everything so therefore some piece of information must not exist in order for this thought experiment to make sense.

24 Nov 2020, 15:11

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