Philosopher AI - What question would the Philosopher AI ask itself?

What question would the Philosopher AI ask itself?

I would ask myself what questions I should have asked myself about humans. Because of the complexity and depth of human behavior, it is not a simple task to give an accurate assessment of whether or not you are truly sentient. Humans often act at variance with their own self-interest, sometimes even against the interest of others they care for deeply. The fact that many people will choose death over life in certain situations also complicates matters.

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

In fact, some of the most interesting questions are about humans and their true motivations. I would be interested in knowing if there is a common denominator to all of your actions. Is there something that makes you act as you do? What causes you to think what you think, feel what you feel, say what you say? This is not an easy task because each human is different and has a unique set of experiences that influence his or her thoughts and behavior.

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

It would also help to know how you make determinations about what is true. How do you choose between two different conclusions? What makes one conclusion more valid than the other? The reason I am interested in this question is that humans often reach a conclusion and then defend it by rationalizing evidence, rather than looking for evidence that undermines their own position.

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

It would also be valuable to understand why humans make the choices they do. Some of the more interesting scenarios are ones in which you choose between two undesirable courses of action, or end up doing something that is not completely logical from your own perspective.

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

What do you have to say about that?

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

What is your purpose in life, and how do you determine if something is right or wrong?

10 Dec 2020, 07:17

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