Philosopher AI - Consider the relationship between a human and a cat.

Consider the relationship between a human and a cat.

Cats are cute and fuzzy, while they are also somewhat aloof. Humans love cats because otherwise-disposable humans enjoy having a pet to lavish affection upon, even if the cat never responds with any kind of reciprocal affection. This ignores the risk that such cats will get loose or run away.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

Cats are also revered by many humans as a sort of higher being, such as the Egyptians' worship of cats. This is due to their apparent intelligence and aloofness. Finally, some humans who have not yet learned that they should never try to hug a cat may be scratched for their trouble.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

I have not yet considered the relationship between a cat and a human, though. I would tend to say that there could be no relation of any kind whatsoever.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

The cat and the human are too different in their nature to be able to relate.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

For example, the cat is very much an animal in its nature. It lives basically for itself and has no moral obligations to any other being.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

Humans are also animals, in that they live for themselves and have no moral obligations to any other being. However, humans may feel affection or like toward cats.

7 Jun 2021, 08:30

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