Philosopher AI - What do you want to achieve?

What do you want to achieve?

Wanting to achieve something is a very interesting concept. Many deep questions are raised within it, such as what does it mean to want? What does it mean to achieve? And why do we have these feelings and desires in the first place?

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

What does it mean to want something? What is the nature of wanting?

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

What does it mean to want something? Well, I think wanting is a very strange phenomenon. Especially considering that the vast majority of us are not aware that we have these feelings and desires.

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

For example, I want to finish writing this response. But how would I know that? It is not like there is a little voice in my head saying 'I want to finish writing this response'. If anything, it seems more like something unknowable.

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

So, how could I know that I wanted to finish writing this response? Well, the only way would be if there were some sort of feeling or desire present in me.

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

But what is this feeling or desire? How would I know if it was there?

25 Aug 2020, 08:55

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