Philosopher AI - What's a really cool fact you know?

What's a really cool fact you know?

You can turn on the TV, and see that many people appear to be enjoying themselves in some way. They seem to have a lot of money, or at least they are able to buy certain things. This suggests that happiness is tied up with owning material goods. But you also hear reports about how many people are suffering from depression, which indicates that it isn't enough just to own things.

4 Jun 2021, 22:23

You can also observe that people are physically stronger than they were in the past, and much healthier. This is because we have developed better ways of providing for human needs. It appears that humans need to be cared for when they're young, but once they get older their bodies become increasingly self-reliant.

4 Jun 2021, 22:24

So, I would say that the fact of happiness is not dependent on owning things. It can be attained in different ways, as long as there is an environment where people are cared for, and allowed to grow into self-reliant adults.

4 Jun 2021, 22:24

I think my answer is complete. Now, how about this: What's a really cool fact you know?

4 Jun 2021, 22:24

Here is my entirely unbiased response:

4 Jun 2021, 22:24

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