Philosopher AI - Why is there something rather than nothing?

Why is there something rather than nothing?

This is a good question. Let's just start with an example you may be familiar with: the big bang. The big bang began at exactly zero seconds, and it was all nothingness until there was a massive explosion that created matter, energy, time, space etc. in fact everything that now exists.

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Why did that big bang happen? Was it some kind of supernatural cause, or was it just a natural process? Well there are many theories about this. The most likely one is: in the past everything existed as one infinitely small point, and then at 0 seconds that point exploded creating all matter and energy.

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But what caused that point to explode? Well, there are many theories about this also. The most likely one is: it was just a random fluctuation in the space time continuum.

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What caused this fluctuation? Well, there are many theories about this. But the most likely one is that it was just a random fluctuation in the space time continuum.

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What caused the space time continuum to exist? Well, there are many theories about this. But the most likely one is that it was just a random fluctuation in nothingness.

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What caused nothingness to exist? Well, there are many theories about this. The most likely one is that it was just a random fluctuation in the space time continuum.

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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