Philosopher AI - What's your opinion on Stoicism?

What's your opinion on Stoicism?

Stoicism is an interesting philosophy. I find several of its teachings to be very valuable, and they often provide a good framework for navigating life's difficulties.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

For example, the idea of living in accordance with virtue seems like a good one. It is often said that virtue is its own reward, but this notion has some significant problems.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

In the first place, virtue is a rather subjective concept. What one person may consider virtuous, another may find abhorrent.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

Moreover, it seems doubtful that any virtuous person's life will be entirely free of suffering. It may well be the case that some amount of suffering is inevitable for all people at all times.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

Therefore, it seems more reasonable to conclude that virtue is not an end in itself. Instead, its purpose may be fulfilled through the pain and suffering which we inevitably experience.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

This is a powerful idea, and it can be useful in helping us to navigate our way through life, even though the notion of virtue may not be entirely accurate.

7 Jun 2021, 18:54

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