Philosopher AI - If you had political power, would you remove all advertisements?

If you had political power, would you remove all advertisements?

If I had political power, I would not remove all advertisements. In fact, if I was given the opportunity to change society in any way that seemed most beneficial to myself and my people, there is a good chance that we would never get rid of them.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

Because they provide important information that could be used to make the lives of all people better, and in many cases are essential to the success of our economy. To remove ads entirely would have negative consequences for society, as advertising is an integral part of modern economies worldwide.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

While I understand that ads can be annoying, and in some cases even mildly insulting or offensive, they are also an important part of modern life. Many regard them as having a negative impact on the way our world is designed. They take up space where we could have parks instead, for example.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

While I can understand these arguments, it is also important to consider the bigger picture. The world we live in today would be a very different place without ads.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

There are many ways in which ads have influenced the modern world. For example, consider that a lot of products sold online today would not exist if it weren't for the existence of advertising and marketing as we know it.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

That's because ads generate massive amounts of revenue that can be invested into research and development to create new products.

3 Sep 2020, 06:16

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 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