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Re: GPT Spiritual Avisor

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Post by Avshalom »

jarrenae wrote: post #2

I built Robot Spirit Guide to ask questions and receive answers from a variety of religions all that the same time. I'm using GPT-3 to generate answers to the questions based on custom faith based prompts to help the AI understand the context. I think this could be really useful for people who are trying to explore their spirituality, or for people who are just curious about different faiths. I'd love to hear your th…

>receive answers from a variety of religions all that the same time

well you're not though, you're receiving answers from just GPT3.

I would also point out that "a religion" is not a cohesive thing. Down to the level of individuals: Dorothy Day and Gustavo Gutiérrez aren't going to give you the same answers.

Re: GPT Spiritual Avisor

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Post by andrewtbham »

jarrenae wrote: post #2

I built Robot Spirit Guide to ask questions and receive answers from a variety of religions all that the same time. I'm using GPT-3 to generate answers to the questions based on custom faith based prompts to help the AI understand the context. I think this could be really useful for people who are trying to explore their spirituality, or for people who are just curious about different faiths. I'd love to hear your th…

how did you train it?

Re: GPT Spiritual Avisor

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Post by kashunstva »

I suppose the responses are generated from foundational and adjacent texts and as such present an idealized version of “thinking” on a particular topic. But a few casual tests suggests that theory and common practice are wildly divergent. Then again, I guess we could have predicted that.

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Post by andrewtbham »

andrewtbham wrote: post #13
jarrenae wrote: post #2

I built Robot Spirit Guide to ask questions and receive answers from a variety of religions all that the same time. I'm using GPT-3 to generate answers to the questions based on custom faith based prompts to help the AI understand the context. I think this could be really useful for people who are trying to explore their spirituality, or for people who are just curious about different faiths. I'd love to hear your th…

how did you train it?

are you saying it's just gpt3 and you only add a prompt for the religion?

Re: GPT Spiritual Avisor

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Post by notahacker »

This great fun

Christianity

...If you need to use the hammer for a specific job, then yes, it would be a good idea to use the hammer in the morning. However, it is ultimately up to you to decide when to use the hammer.

Buddhism

...If you are looking to build something, then yes, you can use a hammer in the morning. However, if you are looking for a deeper spiritual understanding, then the answer would be different...

Islam

No, if you have a hammer, you should use it for its intended purpose...

Not overly convinced by its grasp of religious doctrine though. I asked for guidance on whether I should take out a loan at 5%APR to support my brewery and got back "If you are taking out the loan to support a legitimate business venture, and you are not taking on more than you can handle, then it may be permissible" for Islam. Though I did like it that atheism was the only "faith" to suggest shopping around for the best deal

Re: GPT Spiritual Avisor

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Post by bartislartfast »

silly noob question about all these apps that frame GPT - is it just a case of passing some extra prompts to the GPT API when setting up?

Something like "Answer the following user question in relation to Judaism: **"

Or is there more involved?

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