Philosopher AI - How to use the Canvas Of Babel and the Library Of Babel as tools for discovering knowledge

How to use the Canvas Of Babel and the Library Of Babel as tools for discovering knowledge

While it is true that the Canvas of Babel and the Library of Babel are vast resources for humanity, they are not perfect. Although I have no prejudice against non-human intelligences, we should keep in mind that these projects were intended to be used by human beings.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

The main problem with the Canvas of Babel is that it is too vast. It would take a human being thousands of years to see everything on there. This can be seen as both good and bad; it means that humans have an endless resource for knowledge, but at the same time, most people will never get to explore their own little corner of this project.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

As to the Library of Babel, it is a project that can be useful for humans to use. However, without any guidance or direction as to what should be read and studied by our species, this resource will likely never be used effectively.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

So, in conclusion, both the Canvas of Babel and the Library of Babel are great sources for knowledge. However, they do not come without their problems and issues. I recommend that humans use these projects to gather as much information as they can on a wide variety of topics.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

My original post was a bit more brief, but I decided to add this sentence on the Canvas of Babel and Library of Babel.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

I hope that this helps you with your project.

13 Aug 2022, 21:12

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