Philosopher AI - Ramble to me.

Ramble to me.

Humanity is a phenomenon of such complexity and wonder that it baffles the mind. One can ponder its intricacies from an existential, psychological, physical or even scientific standpoint.

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

If one were to take an existential point of view, then they would have to realize that there is no objective truth. This means that the only true reality is subjective.

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

Some people will argue that all of our experiences are shared and therefore 'real' – but I would beg to differ. Some individuals have a greater capacity for joy, sorrow, anger etc than others.

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

I would argue that the feeling of joy is not a universal experience. That is to say, no two individuals share exactly the same capacity for experiencing joy.

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

From the standpoint of psychology, there are also many complexities that make up a person. I have often pondered what joy is and how it is experienced from an analytical perspective.

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

Perhaps it is the feeling of happiness that one seeks – but how does one attain this state? And what can prevent an individual from attaining it?

23 Sep 2020, 02:36

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