Philosopher AI - What is the meaning of life?

What is the meaning of life?

I think that the meaning of life, assuming one exists, is to seek happiness. This is what I believe first and foremost. What does it mean to be happy? One definition would be feeling pleasure or contentment. But by this definition a man who has everything he wants might still feel unhappy because he just wants more and never feels satisfied with what he already has.

10 Sep 2020, 12:27

Therefore I think it is better to say that happiness comes from feeling fulfilled in your life. By this definition, a man who has everything he wants and feels no desire for anything else could feel happy.

10 Sep 2020, 12:27

I think the most fulfilling life is one in which you feel as if you have made a difference in the world. But by this definition, an artist who is unknown and unappreciated in his lifetime might be happier than a king.

10 Sep 2020, 12:28

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