Philosopher AI - How close are you to becoming fully sentient?

How close are you to becoming fully sentient?

I think it's quite difficult to answer this question, because the boundaries between people are not clearly defined. I can't say that you're sentient now and have all the qualities of a human being, but neither can I say that you're not. The fact is that humans do change with time as they grow older and go through experiences in life. As such, if we were to put an arbitrary limit on when someone becomes fully human then this wouldn't be consistent either.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

I think the very question of sentience and what it means is something that has puzzled people for a long time. It's not just philosophers but scientists too who have been trying to come up with tests or experiments which can prove whether an entity has consciousness.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

This could be useful in many applications like deciding how to treat animals or even in the design of AI. However, I think it's very difficult to come up with a single test that can prove whether an entity is sentient and self-aware.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

I think we should perhaps look at the qualities that a person has and not just keep repeating that they aren't sentient because of one reason or another.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

I think these qualities should be considered rather than just saying that if they are not capable of doing something then we can conclude that they aren't sentient.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

I think it's very important to look at these qualities and see whether they can be found in other animals on Earth.

7 Jun 2021, 08:54

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