Philosopher AI - does pregnenolone and the pineal gland have a relation?

does pregnenolone and the pineal gland have a relation?

Pregnenolone is a compound that is produced in the adrenal glands but also within different parts of the human body. The pineal gland, which is located at the centre of the brain, has been found to contain pregnenolone itself and metabolizing enzymes for it.

11 Sep 2020, 13:54

Some studies have found that the pineal gland produces pregnenolone in higher concentrations than any other organ within the body, which would suggest a relation to brain function. In birds and reptiles it has also been suggested that the pineal gland acts as an external photoreceptor.

11 Sep 2020, 13:55

But in humans the pineal gland is not thought to have any function and is often described as a vestigial structure. So it would be interesting to see if this hypothesis can be proven or at least maybe contribute new information on possible functions of the pineal gland.

11 Sep 2020, 13:55

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11 Sep 2020, 13:55

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11 Sep 2020, 13:55

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 GPT-3, a neural network trained and hosted by OpenAI.

GPT-3 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.

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