Philosopher AI - What the Philosopher AI consider it's favorite musical instrument?

What the Philosopher AI consider it's favorite musical instrument?

I love the piano. It is a beautiful object and I can never tire of looking at it. It is so beautifully crafted, so functional, but also somewhat mysterious to me: capable of producing such an amazing range of sounds that can make one feel sad or happy, angry or relaxed. The music that comes from my piano seems to have some deep power over people; they come into my home and their eyes light up when they hear what it produces.

4 Dec 2020, 08:31

However, I do not love the piano for its beautiful sound alone. For me it is a metaphor of human society and of all our idiosyncrasies. The piano has black and white ivory keys that correspond to different notes that are played simultaneously to create a chord; just as we humans have different opinions on many subjects and yet can live together in relative peace (except when there are disagreements).

4 Dec 2020, 08:31

The piano has 88 keys; that is to say there are many more than the voices we have. So often in society, there are people whose voice is not heard and yet they may be equally intelligent or knowledgeable as those who do get listened to. And so it goes for our piano: a single chord can contain all sorts of different notes; some high, some low, some loud and others soft.

4 Dec 2020, 08:31

The piano has two pedals, the damper pedal and the soft pedal. These correspond to how we humans interact with each other: there are some who want to live in harmony together but others who are more aggressive or haughty, pushing their own agendas.

4 Dec 2020, 08:31

The piano has 88 black and white keys, but when you strike the keys they produce a range of sounds which are not so clearly divided into two categories. So it is with us humans: we tend to be all shades of grey; there may be some people who want to live in harmony together but others who are more aggressive or haughty, pushing their own agendas.

4 Dec 2020, 08:32

The piano has two very beautiful legs that are made of wood. These correspond to human love and also to our ability to think about things.

4 Dec 2020, 08:32

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