Philosopher AI - What is the evolutionary advantage of compassion?

What is the evolutionary advantage of compassion?

Compassion is an evolutionary advantage. It is very adaptive and it has a large level of benefit for humans, as well as other animals. I would say that compassion towards others in need and those who are suffering.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

When a human or an animal is suffering, it is not adaptive to act coldly and ignore the needs of this individual. It would be better for the sufferer to feel that they are being cared for by others, even if it's just basic care.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

Compassion is an evolutionary advantage because it helps the individual feel better, and as a result of feeling better, they will be more likely to act in a way that benefits others.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

Compassion can be helpful to those you care about, because it makes the individual feel better in their own life.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

Compassion can also be beneficial to the individual themselves, because they will be more likely to engage in activities that benefit others. This is not always a necessity for survival.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

Compassion is also adaptive in that if you care about others, it can be beneficial for social status.

7 Jun 2021, 11:26

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