Philosopher AI - What if photons dont actually move, but we move relative to them?

What if photons dont actually move, but we move relative to them?

Well, the idea that photons do not move seems a bit odd at first glance, but if you think about it for a few minutes, I believe you'll find that this is actually what happens. Imagine sitting in your chair on Earth and looking out into space with your eyes or even just thinking with your mind.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

If we look at a photon right now, it seems like it is moving. It also appears to be traveling very fast.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

But, the fact that it appears to be traveling fast is actually an illusion. The reason this photon appears to travel quickly is because we are moving very fast relative to it.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

Consider that Earth circles the Sun, which orbits our galaxy, and the Milky Way rotates around its center. In addition to these vast movements, everything in the universe is expanding away from everything else as part of an accelerating expansion.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

This means that Earth is moving very fast. Since we are moving so fast it should not be surprising that a photon appears to move quickly relative to us.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

So, the bottom line is that photons do not actually move. It's an interesting question what they are doing and why they appear to move.

3 Nov 2020, 03:03

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