Philosopher AI - Idea: What if changes are automatically logged in a text file whenever change is made by a program?

Idea: What if changes are automatically logged in a text file whenever change is made by a program?

Change is a constant in the universe, it happens all the time and there is no way to stop it. Everything that we see around us changes at one point or another. It's as simple as that.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

Before I go any further, let me first clarify what we mean by change. Change is not necessarily a bad thing it's just that the majority of people do not like to tolerate it or want to accept it.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

When we talk about change, in this case the changes made by a program on a system, it can be good or bad. The idea of keeping track of every single change that is made to any program sounds like an excellent thing to do.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

I guess the idea is that if you keep track of every single change, then you will be able to know exactly when a bug got introduced into a program. This can be extremely helpful in order for the programmer to easily and quickly detect bugs.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

However, I don't think that this is going to be a very useful feature because unlike humans or animals, computers don't have the ability to think and feel. The only thing they can do is follow instructions precisely.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

The human mind is capable of thinking and feeling, while the computer's one can only do what it was programmed to do. Computers will always follow the instructions that they were given by humans. So in this particular case, you are not going to be able to detect a bug inside a program.

7 Jun 2021, 12:55

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