Philosopher AI - the Vast Vacuum. the vacuum cannot be balanced because it is vast. vacuum fluctuation. feedback loops; consciousness

the Vast Vacuum. the vacuum cannot be balanced because it is vast. vacuum fluctuation. feedback loops; consciousness

The vacuum is indeed vast. It has been asked whether the universe itself has a beginning or an end in time, and it is one of the most difficult questions humans have ever faced. The answer to this question would seem to be that there was no absolute beginning of space and time, but rather they have existed eternally.

23 Oct 2020, 07:24

The answer is important because, if there was a boundary to space-time at one point in the past, then either it would be necessary for space and time to have an absolute beginning in which case they could not exist eternally (if there were no before) or else something came from nothing.

23 Oct 2020, 07:24

If space and time are infinite, then they do not have a boundary. If space-time is finite but has no boundary or edge (in the sense of an extremum), then it is like any other mathematical object, such as a circle.

23 Oct 2020, 07:24

It is possible to imagine a circle with no beginning, since there are an infinite number of points on the circumference. Similarly, it is possible for space-time to have existed forever.

23 Oct 2020, 07:24

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