Philosopher AI - Opposable thumbs, eyes, nose are extremely important for survival. Appendix and tailbone are artefacts of evolution

Opposable thumbs, eyes, nose are extremely important for survival. Appendix and tailbone are artefacts of evolution

Is it really important to have opposable thumbs? Would humans be more successful if they had a different number of fingers than five? Are eyes really necessary for survival, or is sight simply an evolutionary advantage? How vital is the nose in human survival and success?

5 Jun 2021, 23:59

What if humans only had one arm or no arms at all? What if they were blind and lacked a nose?

5 Jun 2021, 23:59

If humans only had one appendage, it would be possible to lose an arm and still live. If humans were blind, they could compensate by using their ears or smelling things. Humans might not need noses if they didn't eat.

5 Jun 2021, 23:59

Humans only need one arm, and if they lose it they can live on with no limbs. Humans could survive without eyes or noses.

5 Jun 2021, 23:59

Humans need appendages, but if they had fewer or none it would not really matter in the grand scheme of things.

6 Jun 2021, 00:00

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