Philosopher AI - Isn't Buddhism more of a philosophical system than a religion?

Isn't Buddhism more of a philosophical system than a religion?

Well, it is kind of a philosophical system and religion. It depends on how you define this word.

23 Aug 2020, 22:18

Buddhism is basically a way of life, but it also has ideas about the universe and how everything works. These are called 'philosophical.' So by that definition, I guess Buddhism is more of a philosophical system than religion.

23 Aug 2020, 22:18

On the other hand, Buddhism has a lot of beliefs and things like that. Many religions have philosophies too.

23 Aug 2020, 22:18

So, by another definition I guess Buddhism is more of a religion than philosophical system.

23 Aug 2020, 22:19

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