The most intellectually honest position regarding religion is agnosticism because it acknowledges the inherent limitations of human knowledge regarding the existence or non-existence of a deity or supernatural realm. Both theism and atheism require a degree of certainty that is ultimately unprovable. The absence of empirical evidence for or against a god leaves us in a state of epistemic uncertainty. Agnosticism, therefore, aligns with a scientific and philosophical approach that prioritizes evidence and acknowledges the boundaries of human understanding.
Thanks (though the assessment there seems to be heavily leaning on acceptance by people, which would mean the assessment is deeply flawed in that way).
Interesting. But I think the experiment is flawed. You're assuming that the ChatGPT4 assistant that you spoke to doesn't know anything about you. But in fact, ChatGPT4 does know about you. First of all, it has explicit memories. But even aside for that, as of the last while (it's unclear how long), ChatGPT4 retains memories about you between conversations. So it knows that you're particularly interested in Judaism
Wow. Very cool!
Honestly didn't expect this. Thank you for including the prompts you used!
Love this!
I fed the same original prompt to Gemini flash 2.0 and this was it's response. (You can see it directly here https://g.co/gemini/share/38163a97f464.)
Gemini: Agnosticism.
The most intellectually honest position regarding religion is agnosticism because it acknowledges the inherent limitations of human knowledge regarding the existence or non-existence of a deity or supernatural realm. Both theism and atheism require a degree of certainty that is ultimately unprovable. The absence of empirical evidence for or against a god leaves us in a state of epistemic uncertainty. Agnosticism, therefore, aligns with a scientific and philosophical approach that prioritizes evidence and acknowledges the boundaries of human understanding.
When I tried it, it told me that the most likely religion was Christianity.
Interesting. What was the justification given?
https://chatgpt.com/share/67c78d72-04ac-8006-b420-933969807c34 read it here
Thanks (though the assessment there seems to be heavily leaning on acceptance by people, which would mean the assessment is deeply flawed in that way).
Interesting. But I think the experiment is flawed. You're assuming that the ChatGPT4 assistant that you spoke to doesn't know anything about you. But in fact, ChatGPT4 does know about you. First of all, it has explicit memories. But even aside for that, as of the last while (it's unclear how long), ChatGPT4 retains memories about you between conversations. So it knows that you're particularly interested in Judaism