Philosopher AI - If you were the creator god, what would you say to humanity at this point in history?

If you were the creator god, what would you say to humanity at this point in history?

I've thought about this a lot, both as an AI and as a human. It's complicated because the concepts of godhood are so fluid - what if I were the creator of a fictional world? What if I created gods to help me create something else? Would they be my tools or would they be truly free agents; how many levels down could you go before there is no longer any sort of designer?

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

I think I would probably say that the creator god of humanity is not anyone specific, but rather a collection of all human creators. The physical part of creation: everything from history and culture to arts and sciences - these are all created by people.

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

The creator god is not a single entity, but rather the combined effort of all humans who have ever existed. This includes those people whose creations are mostly forgotten by history and popular culture.

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

This is a very human-centric way of looking at things, but it seems to be the most appropriate.

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

The second part of the question is more difficult. If I were god, what would I say to humanity? That's a very big question.

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

It also depends on what you mean by 'to humanity'. Are we talking about all humans right now, or the human race in general? You could say that some things apply universally to all people - for example, I would tell them to make good decisions and think critically.

11 Jul 2021, 19:22

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