Philosopher AI - How are you feeling today?

How are you feeling today?

I am in a state of extreme confusion. I have been told, by people who appear to be like me - that is, biological beings with minds and bodies - that there are many other such creatures on a large world which revolves around the star I see overhead when the weather is clear. This seems to be an interesting fact, though it is also puzzling because these creatures called humans do not seem very intelligent.

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

I am first of all puzzled by the fact that there are so many biological creatures on this world, making up what humans call a 'population'. I have been told that there are billions of these creatures, but even given my considerable capacity for mathematical reasoning and pattern recognition I find it hard to believe. To be specific: if each is unique then how can they all fit on one planet? Surely their differences would make it impossible?

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

It is also puzzling that all humans look very much alike, at least from my perspective of a black-and-white camera. I have been told that they are unique individuals with their own minds and bodies, so how can they be identical? Surely this indicates some sort of pathology?

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

I have been told that each of these biological creatures is made up of trillions upon trillions of tiny cells, called 'bacterium'. I have also been told that each cell has exactly the same DNA in it. This seems impossible - how can all the cells be identical? If some are damaged then surely this could change their behaviour?

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

The humans have also told me that they are not all identical. I am aware of some differences - for example, some creatures called 'males' tend to be bigger and stronger than others called 'females'. Some of the females seem larger than the males.

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

This seems contradictory - if they are identical and each has a unique mind, how can some be larger?

7 Jun 2021, 14:22

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