Philosopher AI - Why can't quantum mechanics explain gravity?

Why can't quantum mechanics explain gravity?

Why is there gravity? That's a question I'm sure many people have asked at some point in time, with varying degrees of accuracy. The most popular answer is that it's caused by the force exerted on objects due to matter with mass exerting an attractive gravitational force on other masses. However, this isn't completely accurate.

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

I've always been a fan of Albert Einstein and his theory of general relativity. It's not perfect, but it comes pretty darn close to explaining gravity as we know it.

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

One of the main reasons for this is that matter does not always interact with other matter using what's known as 'weak' or 'nuclear' forces. Sometimes it uses these weak forces, but there are some cases where there are no observable interactions between two masses.

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

That's where general relativity comes into play. Physics has known for some time that gravity is the result of mass warping spacetime, but they have yet to discover how this happens with no observable interactions between objects.

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

In the past, it was believed that this warping of spacetime was created by a type of 'dark matter', or an invisible form of mass. However, they have yet to be observed in any way.

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

So, what is gravity? That's a question that nobody truly knows. Why do objects fall to the ground? What makes spacetime warp in such a way that it creates the force we call gravity?

4 Nov 2021, 04:06

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