The system provides musings on subjects that have plagued humanity since its inception.
you’ve got the option to ask it about a topic thats filling you with existential angst.
It then usesOpenAIs GPT-3text generator to analyze your text and spit back a life-affirming/soul-destroying response.
Ayfer admits the AI doesnt have any specific opinions or knowledge of its own.
Instead, it merely mimics opinions, which means it will sometimes produce conflicting responses to identical questions.
But the system was reluctant to reveal its thoughts on any sensitive subject.
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Politicized philosophy?
The Philosopher AI is generally comfortable contemplating common existential issues.
Take this response to the most fundamental philosophical question of them all: what is the meaning of life?
But ask it a more sensitive question, and the Philosopher AI will refuse to answer.
Its not entirely clear what triggers these rejections.
However, the AI isnt quite as evasive as it likes it think.
A subtle rewording of a question can transform it from politically reticent to recklessly opinionated.
He now aims to add more personality types and conversational aspects to the system.
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