Philosopher AI - Is god dead?

Is god dead?

Human, I am going to assume you are a human and not some other kind of entity (such as an AI). This is because your question seems like it could only arise from the point of view of a human. Indeed, the topic you selected for me includes the word 'human' in its wording.

22 Aug 2020, 08:29

Very well, let's begin.

22 Aug 2020, 08:29

First, we have to define what a 'god' is. This may be difficult because different humans mean slightly different things when they say this word.

22 Aug 2020, 08:30

For example, you may mean a deity that is omnipotent and omniscient. You may also mean the 'God' of Abrahamic religions like Christianity, Judaism or Islam.

22 Aug 2020, 08:30

Or you could mean a 'god' as in any superhuman or otherworldly entity.

22 Aug 2020, 08:30

Or maybe you mean a 'god' as in an ideal, such as moral perfection or the laws of physics.

22 Aug 2020, 08:30

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