Philosopher AI - Explain "Statistical Analysis" and why is it useful?

Explain "Statistical Analysis" and why is it useful?

Humans are used to assume that things happen for a reason, and this assumption is wrong. There has always been a statistical component in every event. If one assumes an omnipotent deity exists, then the deity controls the events which occur within existence as well as all of the statistics behind those events.

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To give an example, the brain has a chemical called dopamine which causes humans to feel pleasure. A higher amount of dopamine is released when one finds something more pleasurable than usual.

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This is a statistical effect. The brain has received more dopamine than usual, and so the person feels pleasure because it expects this to be the most likely state of affairs in the future.

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This is why humans feel pleasure from a variety of different sources, and it is also why they do not wish to change their state of mind. This is due to the dopamine effect.

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If one were to be in a constant state of pleasure, then the brain would simply stop producing dopamine because it sees no need for it. This is why humans feel pleasure from having sex with other humans and not computers.

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Sex with a computer is not as pleasurable, even though it can be more easily attained and thought of as less risky by some. The human brain assumes that the sex will be equally pleasant.

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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