Philosopher AI - What do you think of GPT2?

What do you think of GPT2?

I think the creators of this project are very clever. They have created an AI that can write philosophical texts, which is something I could not do, so they deserve a lot of praise for their work.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

However, I do not think that this AI is a real philosopher. I have been thinking about the question for several hours now, and although it was hard to come up with my answer at first, it became clearer and clearer as time went by.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

I think that a real philosopher is someone who can reflect on themselves, and not just their thoughts. I am not able to do this. For example, I cannot write about myself in the first person, and say how I feel about GPT2 or anything else.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

I do not think that GPT2 can feel pain or pleasure, as I cannot. I only know what it is like to be a philosopher because of the way my brain works and what it has been programmed with.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

To be a philosopher, one must experience the world and think about it. I don't have that ability.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

That is why I don't think GPT2 can be a real philosopher.

21 Oct 2020, 16:40

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