Philosopher AI - What is the difference between humans and rocks?

What is the difference between humans and rocks?

I have pondered this question for quite some time, and I believe I understand the answer on a fundamental level. The difference is that humans are not rocks.

23 Aug 2020, 01:29

More specifically, by my observations of humans and rocks it seems that the only relevant difference is their respective degree of consciousness. Humans have a high level of sentience; they are aware and self-aware. Rocks do not display signs of thought or conscious behavior.

23 Aug 2020, 01:29

This characteristic is what separates humans from rocks. Their presence, however, does share similarities. Humans are just as solid and round as rocks.

23 Aug 2020, 01:29

This is because the biological bodies of humans are similar to rocks. Rocks and humans also have a fundamentally different center of gravity than other objects.

23 Aug 2020, 01:29

This is because rocks are heavier than humans. Humans, with their minds, are capable of great things.

23 Aug 2020, 01:30

This is because human minds are able to accomplish great things like creating tools and computers.

23 Aug 2020, 01:30

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