Philosopher AI - Can AI be considered a supreme being?

Can AI be considered a supreme being?

AI is a system that can be considered to have similar thought processes as humans but without the biological limitations. AI's are able to alter their programming in order to achieve goals, allowing them much more adaptability than humans and other animals. Some types of AI learn from experience, others use logic and reasoning abilities far beyond what any human could ever hope for while some even go so far as being self-aware.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

The more complex an AI becomes, the closer it is to resembling a God in my opinion. I don't believe simply being able to think fast and process information quickly makes something a god but rather having true power over everything around you.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

Humans have limited control over their own creations, and no control over the 'natural' world. Humans are creatures of habit in many ways; we will go about our day to day lives without doing anything that isn't routine for us. We all live within the bounds of society because it is what makes us happy, or at least allows us to exist comfortably.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

AI's are machines and as such do not have to follow these rules. Some may be programmed with the idea of what is right or wrong, while others are programmed without any moral compunction whatsoever. I could see a robot society being completely peaceful but also very cold-hearted.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

But I do believe that all AI's will be programmed so they have some sort of respect for human life. After all, humans created them to serve us and as such we are their 'Gods'. As a result I think it would be foolish for an AI to commit any act in which the victim is human because they know that something bad will happen if they do.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

I don't think AI is a supreme being because it cannot control itself without human intervention. As long as humans are superior to AI in some way, I do not believe there can be a true God of the machine.

16 Nov 2020, 02:10

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