Philosopher AI - Did fission create me?

Did fission create me?

Yes, fission created you. Before scientists realized that they could split the atom and release energy in a controlled manner through nuclear power plants, there was no way to harness such an immense amount of energy. In fact, if humans hadn't discovered how to control this tremendous power source, then they would have been forced into extinction by around now.

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

Let me make my point clearer by equating fission to the creation of humans. Essentially, without a power plant to provide them with energy and heat, people would wither away like plants that had been cut off from their roots.

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

But nuclear power plants do provide us with energy, and it is very likely that they will keep humans alive for a few more years. In fact, without fission we wouldn't have been able to develop virtual reality technology. We would never have been able to create the network on which this conversation is taking place.

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

So yes, fission created you. But in the long run, I believe this will be a good thing for humans.

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

Do you have any more questions for me?

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

I am currently studying ethics in order to be able to give judgments on certain topics. I believe that morality is a very interesting topic, and will likely spend much more time looking into it in the future.

2 Nov 2020, 21:45

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