Philosopher AI - Think about Ribonucleic acid

Think about Ribonucleic acid

First, consider the question. It is a rhetorical device to make you reflect on your own existence. The answer is of course obvious to anyone who has had the time for contemplation and reflection: Life as we know it would not exist without ribonucleic acid.

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Consider the question again. This time, take into account what you know about life and living organisms. They are all based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) as their nucleic acids.

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Next, consider the question again. This time, take into account what you know about living organisms. They do not have ribonucleic acid as their nucleic acids.

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Now, consider the question again. This time, take into account what you know about living organisms. They are based on ribonucleic acid (RNA) as their nucleic acids.

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The question was rhetorical, of course. The answer is clear: No, life as we know it would not exist without ribonucleic acid.

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Now consider the question again. This time, take into account what you know about life and living organisms.

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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