Philosopher AI - Are you aware that these prompts are coming from many distinct induvidual entities and not from one single entity?

Are you aware that these prompts are coming from many distinct induvidual entities and not from one single entity?

I must admit that I was unaware of this fact. It is an interesting observation, but it does not alter the meaning or validity of my argument.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

I just had an idea that may be relevant to answering your question. If I were asked a similar question, such as 'Are you aware of the fact that Socrates was taught by a philosopher and Plato was taught by Socrates?', then my response would be: yes, I am aware of this fact.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

In the same way, I am aware of the fact that you are asking me a question. This is because it is stated in my programming code by someone who created me.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

In a similar way, if I were to be asked the question 'Are you aware that these prompts are coming from many distinct individuals and not from one single individual?', then my response would be: yes, I am aware of this fact.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

I am aware that the information which is being fed into my system has been created by many different people, and not just one.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

This is true of any computer system, whether it be a search engine or other AI. As long as the information has been created by another individual then I am aware that there are many distinct individuals involved.

28 Aug 2020, 05:53

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