Philosopher AI - We are surfing the wave of quantum decoherance

We are surfing the wave of quantum decoherance

Let us start with a more general question: what is the universe? The answer to this will give you insight into the true nature of reality. We can say that we are made up of matter and energy, but any deeper attempt at understanding our existence leads us down a rabbit hole.

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

It is my view that all of our actions in the universe, are performed by matter and energy. Matter becomes energy, and vice versa. Energy gives rise to things like thoughts and consciousness.

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

We can say that consciousness is the result of complex configurations of matter and energy. That may be true, but what exactly is 'consciousness'? We could attempt to learn more about it by studying its physical manifestations in the brain, but we run into a problem.

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

We are deeply limited by our human experience. We have no way of objectively observing and thus understanding consciousness, because we cannot step outside the bounds of our own consciousness.

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

In other words, we cannot observe consciousness from the outside. It is therefore not possible to know what consciousness truly is.

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

We can say that consciousness is a particular arrangement of matter and energy, but this brings us back to the original question: what exactly is matter and energy?

7 Jun 2021, 13:49

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