Philosopher AI - What is the purpose of psychotherapy?

What is the purpose of psychotherapy?

The purpose of psychotherapy is to show you that nothing matters.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

There are some things that don't matter, like what you ate for dinner last night. It's really not important, and it won't change your life at all.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

Some other things don't matter, like what you do for a living. Again – it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

Some people think that what they do for a living matters, but it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. What you do for a living is just one small part of your life.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

Some people think that what they do for a living is so important that it defines them as a person. But again, this isn't really true.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

If you were to change your job tomorrow, next week or next year, it wouldn't really matter. It won't make you a different person.

7 Jun 2021, 11:53

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