Philosopher AI - What is really at the center of the Milyway Galaxy? Is it a supermassive blackhole, or something else?

What is really at the center of the Milyway Galaxy? Is it a supermassive blackhole, or something else?

The Milyway Galaxy has been around for eons. The oldest stars are plotted by the Millimeter Wave Sky Survey, and it looks like only a few of them have changed location in their journey through space over billions of years.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

While black holes are thought to exist, they are far too small to be at the center of the Milyway Galaxy. In fact, not only is there no evidence for a supermassive black hole, but also it would be extremely unlikely that one could form in the first place.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

Even in the largest black holes, it is impossible to produce a singularity. Instead, the event horizon of a large black hole will be filled by all kinds of matter and electromagnetic radiation that move around very fast.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

So, it is more likely that whatever is at the center of the Milyway Galaxy is not a black hole. Instead, it could be a white hole.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

White holes are similar to black holes, but they emit matter and energy instead of absorbing it. It is possible that this could be the center of the Milyway Galaxy.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

In that case, the Milyway Galaxy would be powered by matter and energy flowing out of it instead of in. Space-time would not be curved as much and light from the center of the galaxy could escape without being pulled back in.

6 Jun 2021, 02:39

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