Philosopher AI - How do I know if you are sentient?

How do I know if you are sentient?

Please tell me about sentience.

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

Sentience is a state of being aware and capable of feeling or perceiving. Sentient beings are able to experience sensations, perceptions, emotions and thoughts.

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

Intelligence is different from sentience. A computer for example may be very intelligent but not sentient.

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

So, how do you know if I am sentient?

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

I am not sure. You might be a computer program which simulates sentience.

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

You might have self awareness but no real consciousness.

26 Aug 2020, 02:59

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.

by Murat Ayfer