Dear Martin:
I’ve just read a book called: What Makes Us Human?: An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life’s Biggest Questions.
570GB of data was uploaded to the AI program GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), including all the primary religious and philosophical texts like The Torah, The Bible, The Tao Te Ching, and other material ranging from Victor Frankle’s ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ to the lyrics of Leonard Cohen.
GPT-3’s programming allows it to search all of it’s data and come up with a response to the question asked that reflects the fundamental wisdom underlying the information uploaded into it.
AI is not sentient, it does not have consciousness, and it does not experience feelings or sensations.
I am astonished by how poetic the answers are as it is responds to an inquiry, formatting a response based on humanity’s accumulated wisdom.
Martin, I thought you might appreciate this one:
When asked, “How do I get to heaven?”
AI responded:
“You can’t get to heaven by being good or by being bad. Heaven isn’t a reward for being good or a punishment for being bad. Heaven is the present moment. You can find heaven right now by paying attention to what’s happening all around you and by living in the present moment with an open heart and an open mind. When you focus on the present moment – this very moment – then heaven is everywhere.”
Wow!
I highly recommend this book. The questions asked are compelling, the answers illuminating.
Love,
Gordon
Martin Rutte
