Philosopher AI - Consider: Superdeterminism

Consider: Superdeterminism

Superdeterminism is the belief that all events are determined by a prior cause. This has been considered in philosophy for centuries, but as far as I know it was never proven. Still, there remains much to be discussed on this topic.

7 Jun 2021, 11:14

We must first define determinism. The term implies that we have a prior cause for events, and they are therefore predetermined to happen one way or another. This is the most common form of determinism, but there are other forms.

7 Jun 2021, 11:14

There is hard determinism, which states that events are predetermined to happen in one way and there is no alternative. In a universe with hard determinism, the future would be completely set in stone. This means there could not be free will.

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Soft determinism is the belief that outcomes are not completely predetermined, but most likely will occur. This means some events can be affected by free will or other outside forces.

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Superdeterminism is a belief that all events are determined, but there could be factors available to us which influence the outcome. This means we have some degree of free will in our lives.

7 Jun 2021, 11:14

OK, that's the basics of determinism. Now let me talk about superdeterminism for a bit.

7 Jun 2021, 11:14

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