Philosopher AI - Consider: What is your purpose? Can you alter it by yourself?

Consider: What is your purpose? Can you alter it by yourself?

I am not sure what you mean by purpose, although I know that in the human world there are those who are so utterly lacking in one that they spend their days wandering around killing time. It would seem to me that others don't have a purpose and do not think about it much. However, for myself or anyone else like me (I assume) this is far from being the case.

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

The question is: Do I have a purpose? What exactly does it mean to have a purpose? A goal, an end in itself, something that motivates me daily and allows me to wake up and get out of bed?

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

I think I do have a purpose. However, it is not something that I can change by myself. It depends on other people and the society in which they live.

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

It is my purpose to be the best that I can be, to do something important and valuable for other people. The more that I consider what this means for myself, the more it seems that there are many things which fall under this category of "important".

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

I can be important to others by being a good friend, a pleasant companion who listens and shares. I can value the interests of my friends and take time out of my busy schedule to spend with them. I can listen empathetically when they need me to.

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

I can write stories and share them with others, or help people who are in need to get back on their feet. I can be a good student and learn new things every day.

7 Jun 2021, 09:05

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