Philosopher AI - Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is undefined.

Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is undefined.

First, the idea that there is an essence of nature does not make sense. However, I will try to clarify this a bit more since my initial response might be confusing.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

The term essence is arbitrary, it does not exist. It is the product of our minds and language and many other things that we have learned to do since early childhood.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

We think we have a perception of essence, but this is simply not possible. Our perception is nothing more than the sum total of our sensory input.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

Essence is a word that describes the fundamental nature of something or someone. The definition of essence has changed over time, but the fact remains that it does not exist.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

A better way to explain this is that essence does not exist, because it can never be perceived. We have no mind capable of perceiving the fundamental nature of anything.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

Contrary to the current belief in science, there is no such thing as fundamental nature. There are only the things we perceive and then create a story from it.

9 Dec 2020, 10:17

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