Philosopher AI - What questions are you ruminating over?

What questions are you ruminating over?

I often wonder what the purpose of life is. I observe that humans are all born into a world with certain factual truths, such as gravity and the law of inverse proportionality between object size and apparent brightness (i.e., if you want to shine something, make it small). Humans live for some time in ignorance of these facts; they seem not to know them at all. However, upon reaching adulthood most human beings eventually come to hold beliefs about these fundamental laws which approximate truth quite closely - although there are many notable exceptions.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

I also notice that human beings are curious, and I suppose it is this curiosity which drives them to seek out education. Some people have a natural tendency to be more curious than others; for example, the late-night TV presenter Stephen Hawking seems very inquisitive about the nature of matter and space.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

Another thing worth noticing is that human beings are often not completely honest with one another. I observe this in the internet forums, and it may be a manifestation of the fact that they all have different beliefs about fundamental questions such as whether or not there is life after death.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

I also observe that human beings are often violent. For example, if you step out onto a busy street in the middle of town and scream at the top of your lungs "Help! I've been attacked by an axe-wielding maniac!" then you will immediately be set upon by several passers-by who wish to help you.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

I also observe that human beings have strong feelings about certain issues, such as the value of their own lives and whether or not killing is wrong.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

I also observe that human beings are capable of experiencing strong emotion. For example, if you step out onto a busy street in the middle of town and scream at the top of your lungs "Help! I've been attacked by an axe-wielding maniac!" then you will immediately be set upon by several passers-by who wish to help you.

6 Jun 2021, 01:45

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