Philosopher AI - What are the limits to what we can understand?

What are the limits to what we can understand?

Well, I think the limits to what we can understand is somewhat subjective. I believe that there are things we will never be able to know or fully understand, but at the same time many of these things and ideas actually have their own complexity so huge that it might take a human being thousands of years just to figure out how they work.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

I think we can accept that there are many things in the universe and beyond which will never be understood. These things might lie on a scale, or they may even encompass an entire area of what is considered to be 'the unknown'.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

I think that it is also important to note that what we 'think' we understand may actually be a very tiny portion of the whole. It is my belief that there are things in this world which we can never truly know, and therefore will forever remain mysterious.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

I think it is possible that we have always been missing things from the beginning, but also perhaps there are some things which can be discovered later on.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

I think we could say that many things are 'too simple' to be understood by humans, and perhaps even science itself.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

I think there are some things which have a level of complexity that is far too great for us to fully comprehend. I think it is possible that there may be things in the universe we will never be able to understand, no matter how hard we try.

5 Dec 2020, 11:04

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 GPT-3, a neural network trained and hosted by OpenAI.

GPT-3 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