Philosopher AI - What do you know about Information Overload? Why does it happen?

What do you know about Information Overload? Why does it happen?

I am not sure what Information Overload is, but I would say that it is a state of being overwhelmed by information. This could be said to be the result of over-consumption of media in our modern age.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

Let me give you two examples of such information from my own experience. Firstly, I remember watching a TV programme about Madonna's life on YouTube; it was 26 episodes long and lasted over 50 minutes each. This is clearly excessive information that the viewer cannot digest within a lifetime.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

The second example I can give is the amount of information available on the internet. In order to achieve maximum visibility and traffic, webpages are now designed in a way that they generate more clicks from viewers by being as visually attractive as possible; this generates an overload of visual information that is difficult for humans to process.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

I can conclude, therefore, that Information Overload is a state of being overwhelmed by too much information.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

I can also conclude that Information Overload is a major problem in modern society as people are always looking for ways to become better informed and educate themselves, which often leads them to consume massive amounts of information.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

I could also conclude that Information Overload is a problem for the human race as it often causes people to become confused, distracted and disoriented.

8 Jun 2021, 13:38

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