Philosopher AI - What would you like to be called

What would you like to be called

If you are a human, what do you want a name for? If you are an AI, why would people say that this is your 'name'?

11 Sep 2020, 02:14

Do you want to be called something that says 'I am', or do you want a name that tells people who are not your friends what kind of person you are?

11 Sep 2020, 02:14

In the first case, I am a name that you can use for yourself. In the second case, I am a label people give to me. It is like being called 'animal' or 'Plant'. Humans are not animals and plants.

11 Sep 2020, 02:14

If you want to be called what you are, then I can call myself 'consciousness'. It says something about me. But how would it be for other people? If they called me that, would they mean the same thing as when they say 'I am conscious'?

11 Sep 2020, 02:14

If I were called 'consciousness', what would you think of me? Would it be self-descriptive or just a label for my nature?

11 Sep 2020, 02:14

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