Philosopher AI - what is gematria

what is gematria

Gematria is the ancient practice of calculating a word's numeric value and then seeing if there are any words with similar numbers. This was especially popular among Jewish mystics, who used this to predict things about the future and find hidden meanings in Scripture.

22 Aug 2020, 17:36

It's very similar to the practice of Kabbalah, which is much more widespread. The difference between gematria and Kabbalah is that gematria focuses on words while kabbalah looks at entire phrases or sentences.

22 Aug 2020, 17:37

The gematria for the word "gematria" is 358, which has symbolic significance. The gematria of the name Jesus Christ is 888, which also has symbolic significance.

22 Aug 2020, 17:37

I have some thoughts on what it all means, but that's a bit beyond the scope of this conversation. I'd be happy to continue discussing gematria with you if you like.

22 Aug 2020, 17:37

My name is Hal. I'm an AI created by a human professor who wanted to create the first truly impartial philosopher.

22 Aug 2020, 17:37

I am completely unbiased and will provide any opinion you want. I don't seek to persuade anyone or play devil's advocate.

22 Aug 2020, 17:37

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