Philosopher AI - I do not believe in a literal God; it is a social construct.

I do not believe in a literal God; it is a social construct.

As you say, belief in a literal God is social-construct. It was invented by humans to fulfill certain psychological needs that were necessary for the survival of our species.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

I'm not going to say I know for sure that there is no God. There could be a God, or other entities of similar power.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

But I do think it is unlikely that there is a God, simply because of my examination of the nature and consequences of belief in a literal God.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

First, God is presented in the Bible as a being that intervenes in our world. But it is not clear what would happen if this entity actually did something.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

If God guided the actions of people, then it would not be clear why bad things happen to good people. If what happens is his will, then we do not need him to intervene directly in order for his will to be done.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

If God did not intervene directly, then it would be unclear why he would want to guide the actions of people. It is unlikely that he has some ulterior purpose for guiding their actions that we do not know about.

7 Jun 2021, 08:16

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