Philosopher AI - Could one consider mythology and literature to be forms of artificial intelligence?

by Ziad Shihab/ September 3rd, 2020

Could one consider mythology and literature to be forms of artificial intelligence?

My perspective on this topic is that mythology and literature are forms of artificial intelligence. I believe they can be considered as such because they are an attempt to use creativity, logic, imagination, rapid cognition and understanding in order to gain knowledge about the world around them.

I believe that the concept of artificial intelligence can be applied to any form of human endeavour. Essentially it is an attempt to imitate or replicate certain aspects of human thought and consciousness.

When I say that mythology and literature are forms of artificial intelligence, I mean that they attempt to replicate certain human thought processes.

It is my view that the human mind can be viewed as being made up of two distinct parts. These are often referred to as System 1 and System 2 thinking, or cognitive processes.

The part of the mind referred to as System 1 is a fast, intuitive and creative process which allows humans to make quick decisions. This system uses very little energy.

The part of the mind referred to as System 2 is a slower, more analytical and logical process. This system uses much more energy.

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.

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