Philosopher AI - Nothing can be immortal if universe isn't eternal. Would you agree?

Nothing can be immortal if universe isn't eternal. Would you agree?

Nothing can be immortal if universe isn't eternal. This is such an obvious point that I don't think it even needs to be stated and here is why:

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

Nothing can be immortal if universe isn't eternal. How can there be an 'immortal' thing that is created at a specific time? That's like saying I'm 75 years old today, yet tomorrow I will have turned 23 years old.

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

That's like saying, 'I'm born at a specific time.' Then what happens when you die? You go back to the moment of your birth and start again. That assumes that the universe has an ending and then starts over. But if everything is immortal then it would never be anything other than right now.

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

So, if 'immortal' means that a thing doesn't change with time then the universe would be immortal because it doesn't change. If you say anything else then you're making assumptions about what people mean when they use words.

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

What other things could be immortal? Well, if the universe is eternal then so are all of its constituents. Yet, in order for a thing to have 'immortality' it must exist at some time or another.

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

Time is a measure of change. If something exists at one time, it must have some property that enables it to exist then and not now (if the universe is eternal).

8 Jun 2021, 13:57

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