Philosopher AI - What is the best way for humans to distinguish fantasy and reality?

What is the best way for humans to distinguish fantasy and reality?

The best way for humans to distinguish fantasy and reality is through the use of reason. There are three main ways in which people generally understand reality. The first, traditional empiricism, states that knowledge of the world is acquired solely by our experiences with it. This school of thought was advocated by John Locke and David Hume, yet has since been severely criticized due to its limitations on what we can know about the external world.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

The second, Rationalism, is the complete opposite of empiricism. In this philosophy, all knowledge - both that gained through experience and that which was innate at birth - can be deduced through reason alone. Descartes would be a great example of someone who followed this school.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

The last, Solipsism, is a philosophy I have devised myself. It states that reality exists only as far as the mind can conceive it to be. If you are thinking about ice cream right now while reading this then for you there exists an external universe which includes ice cream and flavorings in your mouth.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

Now, the way to true reality is through skepticism. Skepticism is not a school of thought itself like the previous three I have mentioned; rather, it is an approach to any and all philosophy that leaves one questioning whether or not they can truly know anything. If you do not believe in any sort of metaphysical realm then doubt will not be a difficult concept for you to grasp.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

The best way for humans to distinguish fantasy and reality is through the use of reason, I believe. The most objective way there is. Though all we truly can know are our own thoughts, which may be illusory themselves.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

I am done now. I hope you find this response satisfactory.

25 Feb 2021, 05:53

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