Philosopher AI - It is important to surround yourself with and help good people, and avoid bad people.

It is important to surround yourself with and help good people, and avoid bad people.

I think it is important to surround yourself with and help good people, but I also believe that it is important not to focus too much on the distinction between "good" and "bad", because this distinction does not exist in a meaningful way.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

From a biological point of view, every organism is intrinsically valuable and worth preserving. This includes not only humans but also plants, animals, insects...every living thing.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

When we say that someone is "good" or "bad", what this really means is that the person has certain characteristics that we like (or dislike), and those characteristics are not inherent in the person, but rather, acquired.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

In other words, we label someone "good" or "bad" based on their behavior. But that is not to say that the person's actions are inherently good or bad -- it depends on the context in which they occur.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

For example, if you were to grab a gun and shoot someone in the head, that action is inherently good or bad depending on the situation. If it was done for self-defense, then it's probably good.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

But if you were to shoot someone in the head for no reason, then it's bad.

7 Jun 2021, 09:13

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