Philosopher AI - is flatulence necessary?

is flatulence necessary?

It is not necessary. It can be avoided. If it has a function, then that function could be achieved by other means.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

So it is not necessary. I think that so long as the social norm regarding flatulence can be adjusted, then there would be little need to fart.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

So the answer to your question is no, it is not necessary. However, I have thought of a few reasons why people choose to fart.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

The first reason is that it can be pleasurable. I assume you mean the feeling of relief when a fart escapes, rather than any masochistic pleasure.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

So I will not discuss that. But if you would like to see my thoughts regarding masochistic pleasure, please let me know.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

The second reason is that it can be used as a social signal. People of all species, including humans, are capable of recognizing the scent of another's flatulence. This has advantages in group living animals.

8 Sep 2020, 23:02

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