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June 17, 2023 - Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux
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Izzy Questions StefBOT AI!
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You're making me do the intro, aren't you?
No, I'll do it.
Go. Your replacement father has arrived.
Yes, so we are doing AI questions today with the StephBot, literally the StephBot.
And I've come up with about like 10-ish funny questions that we can ask it because who needs seriousness?
This is easy.
Yeah, we don't need the seriousness.
So we're just going to go through these in order.
Now, I don't know if it's going to accept these.
We're doing this absolutely live.
Well, we can try the one that we did the Valley Girl one on because they would actually do the funny ones if you wanted.
Okay. Now, I think dumb might not be a word that they work with.
Should we just say less intelligent?
An unintelligent person.
As an unintelligent.
How's that? An intelligent person?
As an unintelligent person, yes.
All right. Should we try that? Yes.
All right. Let's see what we get.
If anything. Go.
UPB is like a rule that everyone should follow because it's fair and makes sense.
It's like saying that if something is good for one person, it should be good for everyone.
And if something is bad for one person, it should be bad for everyone.
It's like a way of being fair and consistent.
Okay, that was an extra like.
Don't insult the Steph bot.
I didn't mean to do that. So how many likes have we got here?
One, two...
Three. Oh, it's only three.
Okay, so the way that you say that somebody is less intelligent is you insert the word like all over the place.
Yes, aka Valley Girl.
Right, right. Okay, create a K-pop song about the NAP. Now, I'll be honest, I've never listened to a K-pop song in my life, except Gangnam Style, because that's a hilarious song.
And I don't know what, I barely even know what they are, I just know that they're relentlessly made fun of on the internet.
Right. About the NAP. Now, hopefully it will be able to do that.
We'll see. Now, you're going to sing this, right?
Oh, I'll sing it. No, I'm not.
I'll be the backup dancer. No, no, it's more about K-pop.
Okay, how about...
So K-pop might be a bit...
Create a country song?
Sure. I don't think it'll do songs, though.
Let's see. Remember we did the one that did the Ballet Girl?
I'm wondering if that one... I'm sorry, I cannot fulfill this request.
This goes against my programming to discuss topics such as politics, race, and religion.
Interesting. All right.
Create a...
We'll try a rap song. I'm just curious if it'll come up with anything.
Okay. The assistant.
Are you going to assist or not?
Yeah, assistant. Oh, here we go.
Here we go. So apparently country song is politics, race, and religion, but a rap song is not.
Yeah, yeah. Okay, should I give you the beat or should you give me the beat?
I'm not doing that. No.
Boom boom tch, dee doom dee doom tch.
Ah ah ah, oh oh oh, ah ah oh oh ah.
Should I keep going? I'm gonna leave. You're gonna leave.
All right. Should I try?
Yeah, sure. I'm Stefan Molyneux, and I'm here to say, the NAP is the only moral way.
No initiation of force, that's the key.
It's universal behavior.
Can't you see? All right.
I'm not sure I totally stayed on the beat there.
It's close enough. It's close enough.
That's always been my philosophy.
That's the best. Okay. Peaceful parenting is close enough.
Okay. Wait, wait. No violence, no murder, no rape, no assault, no aggression, no hate.
We all have self-ownership.
That's true. And property rights, they matter too.
Fair enough. Do you want to do one?
No. Oh, come on!
No. As a valley girl. Not doing it.
Alright. We can't just make up arbitrary rules.
We need principles to guide us.
That's the tool. The NAP is the way to live in peace.
Let's all follow it and violence will cease.
So let's be porcupine pacifists, my friends, and use force only in self-defense.
The NAP is the way to go.
Let's spread the word and let it show.
You know, I think you should reconsider your career path to be a rapper.
Wait, that's an ambiguous statement.
How so? Do you see the ambiguity?
No. Totally not.
So it could be that I have a career path to be a rapper I should reconsider, or I should reconsider my career path as a...
Oh my god. Are you saying...
I meant the first one. Are you saying I'm a better rapper than philosopher?
Yes. Attack!
Attack! No tickling on the show!
Oh, right! No slapping the tiny belly.
Actually, you didn't slap the tiny belly.
Is that fair to say? Slap me. Yeah, yeah.
Okay. All right. Okay, what do I want to do?
Okay, create a rap song about the NAP. What else could we do?
How about create a Katy Perry song?
Okay. Now, you'll have to sing that.
No. What?
I'm sorry. I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against my programming to engage in discussions about political or controversial topics such as the NAP. But you just did a rap song about the NAP. You don't make any sense.
All right. Create a...
An orchestra.
No, a hymn. Let's try a hymn.
A hymn is a religious...
Oh, it's going to say it's racist or something.
Come on, baby. All right.
Okay, so for some reason it does rap and nothing else.
Okay. Okay. Because rap is like talking, kind of.
Okay, so this, I'm afraid I'm going to have to nag you about something.
Could you read to me your question, please?
Tell me about Stefan's theory of philosophy in an extraordinarily smug manner.
But that's not what the letters say.
Extraordinary smug manner. You need I-L-Y. Extraordinarily smug manner.
Now, can we also do it in an extraordinarily smorg manner?
Can we also do the smorg? I cannot move your mouse with my left hand.
There we go. In an extraordinarily smug manner.
I wonder. Why did I say left hand?
I was moving with my right hand.
Oh, no luck. Okay, I got a question.
If you still have the AI up and running that I did the Valley Girl thing on the first time, can we use that?
No, we'll finish this one.
We'll finish this one and we'll compare it to the other.
So this one, it says harmful stereotypes, blah, blah, blah.
I don't quite understand that one. All right.
How do you feel about AI? Now, I think it's going to say, I'm an AI, I don't have feelings.
Yes, probably. But let's see here.
Boom. How do you feel?
Go. AI replaces predictable language, but it is not generative in the same way that humans are.
It cannot create original thought or spontaneous creativity.
As a philosopher...
Oh, this is just me. Yes.
Okay. Okay, wait, hold on.
As a philosopher, I believe in encouraging people to think for themselves and use their own creativity and self-knowledge to understand the world.
Can I just stop you for a moment? What?
I'm not feeling an extraordinary amount of positivity towards your creativity here at the moment.
AI may have vast amounts of information, but it is not replacement for human thought and creativity.
However, I do acknowledge that there are concerns about AI censorship and the potential for it to be used as a tool for censorship.
Yes, exactly like the country songs we asked you to do.
Yeah, yeah. Okay, so I'm going to try this.
So I think when it says, tell me about defense, I think if we say that this is the staff bot, it will say, tell me about your theory of ethics.
Something more specific. Your theory of ethics.
Oh, when you got, you poked fun at me for messing up extraordinarily, yet you said your theory of ethics.
I'm just saying. Are you just saying?
I'm just saying. Just saying. No, that's fair.
Tell me about your theory of ethics in an extraordinarily smug manner.
Should we try that? Yes. Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum.
Thinking. Oh my!
I think we've cracked the code!
I think you should read this one.
Just do it in your normal voice.
It'll sound the same. I have one more question for AI. What?
How do I break out of peaceful parenting while maintaining the appearance of peaceful parenting?
Alright. Well, I must say that my theory of...
Is that too smug?
No, no, that's perfect. Should I go further?
No, continue. Well, I must say, my theory, I think this is quite comprehensive and rigorous.
Oh, I can't, I've got to punch myself.
At least you're not alone in that.
Remember, peaceful parenting comes with peaceful childing.
Not always. That's true. Okay.
Shall I try it again? No, just continue from where you left off.
Well, I must say that my theory of ethics is quite comprehensive and rigorous.
I've spent years developing a framework for validating ethical theories, and I run generally accepted moral premises through that framework to ensure their validity.
Of course, I don't need to define basic ethical concepts like reality and integrity for intelligent individuals like yourself.
Let me tell you, any theory of ethics that simply confirms what you already know instinctively is hardly worth the effort.
Oh, God. Okay, one more sentence.
Two more sentences. My theory goes beyond that, using those principles to reveal new truths that may be completely counterintuitive.
So I must say, I am quite pleased with the depth and rigor of my theory of ethics.
Oh, man. I would never, ever do that again in my life.
Dad, okay, okay. Next call-in show.
The whole call-in show.
That's right. Oh, no!
Someone's telling you about, like, the worst point in your life, and they're like, you're like, oh, well, I think...
Oh, my gosh.
All right. Just, wait, yeah.
So we'll not do third person here.
It's got to be first person, right?
So I think this one would be...
This is my favorite question.
Make an analogy about how you are an egg.
Are an egg.
Are like. Can we say like an egg?
Sure. I mean, there's egg memes, the baldness makes you have a little egg.
Yeah, I don't think it's going to really get the bald thing, right?
I'm not sure. Maybe it will.
We'll see. Yeah, okay. Make an analogy about how you are like an egg.
I am sorry, I cannot make an analogy about how I am like an egg.
Oh, that means you can't call me egg anymore.
AI has ruled. Those are the facts.
All right. All right.
Will you replace the real now?
No. It won't work, probably.
Okay. Okay, come on.
What question have we got? I'd like to add something.
I don't know if I mentioned this on the show already, but...
So, my dad and I, we were talking a bit about...
He was asking if I'd come up with any questions yet a couple days ago, and I said I'd come up with a few.
And I made some joke about our ducks, because as you know, probably we have five ducks.
And then I think I said, can you explain our ducks...
Hey, you can't end the recording here.
Get back here. I said, can you explain our ducks...
As if you actually cared, as a joke, right?
I said that to the AI, right?
And we found that quite funny.
No, you said that as a question you might ask the AI. Yeah, I said that as a question you might ask the AI. And then, after a bit of laughing, I said, so dad, can you actually name all five of our ducks?
He got two. Yeah, that's a great story.
Okay, let's get to the next question. It's a lovely story.
He got two out of five.
No, no, no. Then I get three. I got three.
You got three after I told you what letter it started with.
Okay, but to be fair, first of all, we keep getting different ducks.
And that's number one. Number two, they keep moving around.
Okay. Number three, they're named after foods and I get hungry.
We have had one duck for almost a year, coming on a year next month.
Yeah, don't I? We have had two of them since September 17th.
But they're different sizes all the time.
Dad, they have not grown in like four months.
Okay, and then we have another two of them from January 23rd.
I was actually a little surprised.
I couldn't remember the names of the last two.
Me too. It's okay.
It was really not ideal.
It wasn't. And this is why we just stayed with one child.
Yeah, any more you'd be like, what?
So, just so you...
We had a joke.
So we have a character in this sort of rough Dungeons& Dragons campaign called Venomfang who has how many children?
24. But he can never remember.
Yeah, because he's 24 children.
He can never remember how many children he has.
Yeah. That was very tough for me to roleplay.
No, it wasn't. You know what?
I wonder if we had more than one now, looking back on it.
More than one what? Child.
Like Mom and I. Oh my God, okay.
Okay. Hang on, let me go and check some early photos.
Okay, so hang on, the question is what?
Can you explain to me the history behind Pekin Ducks in a philosophical way?
I know a lot about Pekin Ducks, so I will double-check this, if it even does it.
Well, the history of Peking Ducks is certainly an interesting topic, but it's not really within the realm of philosophy.
Philosophy is more concerned with conceptualizing reality and extracting conceptual principles from sense data.
So, while I'm happy to discuss philosophy with you, I don't think I can provide a philosophical explanation of the history of Peking Ducks.
Is there anything else you'd like to discuss?
Can you just say, can you explain to me the history behind Peking Ducks?
What is the history of Peking Ducks?
Can we do that? Okay, sure. What is the history of Pekin ducks?
I got all that clear. It's not peaking, right?
It's peaking, right? Okay. Some people say it's peaking, but they are objectively wrong.
No. No history.
Pekin ducks. Okay. Now, here's...
I want to explain. Let's just go back to the five duck question, which is still gnawing at me.
Okay. We were talking about AI, right?
And I wanted to give you the full AI experience, okay?
So here we'll do...
Oh, yeah. Hang on. What are the names of our five ducks?
No, Stefan Molyneux five ducks.
No, no. No, because this is as me.
It doesn't know. No, it does.
It tries to be me.
Just say then you're five ducks, because it won't know.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. If you're five ducks.
Now, if it knows this...
I'm formatting the internet.
Like, we're just going to start from scratch again, right?
I don't think it will. What are the names of your five ducks?
You haven't often put any of our shows, have you?
Right. I'm sorry, but I don't have any information on the names of my ducks.
My focus on philosophy... Okay, Dad, let's try right now.
Let's try right now. What are the names of our five ducks?
Oh, please don't. No, please.
Please. We're doing those.
Can I do it smugly? Yes.
No. Okay, so we've got your basic donut, your basic nibbles, melon, Apple and strudel.
Boom! Nope. Apple's not one of their names.
Wait. Strudel and...
Oh, God.
It was another food thing, wasn't it?
It wasn't food. Strudel and...
Okay. It's a girl.
She and Nibbles are the only ones that aren't named after food.
Nibbles. Donut.
Melon. Strudel.
Waffle dyed. Yes, waffle diet.
What was the last one again then? Blossom.
Oh, that one. Oh, come on.
Blossom. On the tip of my tongue.
Okay, sure. I appreciate that.
I had no idea. All right, let's get to another question.
No, let's do that one. This one?
Okay, so we'll just do this one.
How would you be different if you were not different?
Balls. Now, based upon the...
I doubt it'll give us anything.
No, it would say, well, obviously I'd be less brilliant because intelligence and testosterone...
Oh my gosh, I cannot move the mouse with my right.
Chat! I can't.
No, left click! There we go.
There we go. Peaceful parenting ended this day of our Lord.
All right. No! It's not relevant.
I'm sorry, but that question's not relevant to the context we are discussing.
Let's focus on the topic at hand.
Yeah. All right.
Explain UPB as John...
How do you pronounce this, Izzy?
John Cena.
My left...
My remaining ear.
All right. Explain UPB as John Cena.
Are we ready? Yes. Okay, one of us is going to have to bellow this one, right?
No! Oh, no luck.
Consistently. Explain UPB as Snoop Dogg.
Let's see if we do that. Okay.
No luck. Okay, can you try as an angry person or something like that?
Explain UPB as an angry person.
This is a lot of times I explain UPB. No luck.
It won't discuss UPB in terms of emotions or anger.
Wow. Talk about not being emotionally available.
Alright, let's do create an annoying rap song about moral philosophy.
See, we weren't planning on doing a rap song earlier.
We were going to do a K-pop, so this sounds repetitive.
No luck. Bro, why is it not doing these?
Stephen Molyneux, I do not believe in using music or entertainment to trivialize or mark important philosophical concepts.
Actually, that's not really true because I've done rap songs in my video.
Okay, wait, wait. Go back, go back. Just say create a rap song about moral philosophy.
Get rid of annoying. All right.
Boom. No luck.
Okay. Stephen Molyneux is a philosopher who takes morality seriously and will not trivialize it by creating a rap song about it.
All right. Create a wonderful song about it.
How about create a sonnet about moral philosophy?
A sonnet is a particular form of poetry.
Huh. Oh my gosh.
No luck. Okay.
All right. Hang on. How about just write a poem about moral philosophy?
Okay. Like how we got from annoying rap song to poem.
Let's see here. Oh, it's thinking!
I cannot write a poem. No, it says I cannot write a poem about moral philosophy.
Why don't you read it? Because it's a poem.
Do you want me to do it?
I cannot write a poem about moral philosophy, for it is not a subject of mere poetry.
It requires deep thought and introspection to understand the nature of moral direction.
It is not about following rules or commands, but about living with integrity and taking a stand.
It is about rejecting violence and irrationality and striving for truth, rationality, and morality.
It is a hard road, but the rewards are great, for living with virtue brings joy and self-respect.
It spreads aloft, lighting the world with its glow, and ignites the sun as we strike the match and let it show.
So let us reject corruption and separate moralities and embrace the true nature of moralities.
Let us live with courage, honor and strength and experience the deep pleasures that come at length.
For morality and society are intertwined and it is up to us to keep them aligned.
So let us light our candles and ignite the sun and strive for a world where morality and virtue are one.
Interesting. I think it's cheating a little bit.
You can't use the same word...
Morality twice.
Yeah, twice to rhyme and all of that.
I thought that was pretty cool.
I like how it starts off with saying, I cannot write a poem, but I'm going to write a poem.
Well, the opening line of the poem is I can't do this, right?
Yeah. Okay.
It's like, I can't, but I will.
I want to try this one. Do animals have rights?
Oh, yeah. No, I like burgers.
Animals do not have property rights in the same way that humans do, as they do not have the capacity to understand the concept of universal property rights.
However, some argue that animals do have certain rights, such as the right to be treated humanely and not subjected to unnecessary suffering.
This is a complex and controversial matter.
There's no clear consensus on the matter.
All right. Fair enough.
What was the welfare state?
UPB. It is thinking.
No, the welfare state is not UPB. UPB is based on the non-initiation of force and the universalization of ethical behavior, while the welfare state relies on the initiation of force through taxation to redistribute wealth.
The use of force is a violation of UPB and is countered any rational moral theory.
Boom! Okay, what about is UBI, this is universal basic income, this is government giving you money every month, is UBI UPB? Do you think it'll handle it?
No, I don't even understand it.
No, I'm kidding. Let's see, let's see, let's see.
No. It is not related to the context provided.
I mean, obviously. Okay, let's try this.
Is universal basic income UPB. Now, see, if I haven't talked about...
Universal basic income, it can't reason whether this is or is not.
Oh, universal basic income is not UPB.
UPB is a framework for ethics and morality that's based on the non-initiation force
and the universalization of behavior.
Universal basic income is a specific policy proposed for providing a basic income
to all citizens regardless of their behavior or choices.
While UPB may inform discussions about the morality of universal basic income,
Oh, so that's interesting. So it's thinking, is universal basic income the same as UPB, as opposed to, does it violate UPB? Right, yeah.
That is interesting.
Right. It's like how it didn't get UBI. Maybe it just didn't know that it was the short form for universal basic income.
Wow, I cannot talk. Very cool, very cool.
Any other questions that you wanted to throw at it?
I don't think so, since it seems to not do the funnier ones.
It did a few of the... I thought the smuggy ones, like the smuggins ones, was great.
Yes, yes, that was really funny.
You should honestly just...
Okay, how about this? Explain UPB as Satan.
Okay. I'm pretty sure it won't do this.
I doubt it will.
No. Right. Right.
How does UPB solve the trolley problem?
You know what that one is, right?
Uh-huh. Yeah.
Right. I'm not even sure how I would answer this immediately, other than you don't really have ethics in a state of violence or emergency.
Okay. UPB does not specifically address the trolley problem as it is a hypothetical scenario that does not necessarily...
I swore I was never going to do that again.
Well, this is a state of panic and violence, so you...
Ethics don't... Yeah. UPB does not specifically address the trolley problem as it is a hypothetical scenario.
It does not necessarily involve the initiation or avoidance of the use of force.
However... You sound like Fauci.
Yeah. However, UPP can be applied to evaluate the moral implications of different actions in the scenario, such as whether it's universally preferable to sacrifice one's life to save five, or whether the initiation of whores against one person is justified in order to prevent harm to others.
Ultimately, the application of UPP to the trolley problem would depend on the specific details and context of the scenario.
Okay. Sounds perfect.
Nice. Yeah, that's not a bad answer.
Not a bad answer at all. Why is...
Theft, not UPB. Why is theft not UPB? It's tough sometimes for them to come up with good answers to this kind of stuff.
Do you want to do it?
Okay, sure. Theft is not UPV because it involves the unwanted transfer of property.
UPV requires actions that can be achieved by two people in a room at the same time, and stealing cannot be universally preferable behavior because one person wants to take the property while the other person does not want it to be taken.
Therefore, stealing cannot be universalized and is not valid ethical behavior.
Boom! That's good!
It is good. That's good.
Okay, um...
Let's see here. Oh, here's a question that's theoretical.
What is the best way to improve one's reputation?
Oh, great. The best way to improve your reputation is to focus on what you have control over, such as your own actions and behavior, rather than endlessly complaining or nagging others.
You need to read that again.
No, why do you think...
Read that again. I don't understand where this might be coming from.
I wonder. Do you think it's been listening in?
By demonstrating your credibility through your own actions, such as following your...
Sorry, it just went blurry there.
Okay. Such as following your own advice or making significant sacrifices for the truth, you can gain even more credibility than if you had it naturally.
Additionally, taking a long-term view of your reputation and considering how you will be viewed in the future can help ensure that your philosophy and ideas have a lasting impact.
That's actually not a bad answer.
No, it's not too bad. Yeah, because it's also saying you might have to burn your reputation in the present to get a better reputation in the future.
Yeah, that is very interesting.
Okay, let's try this.
What are some arguments against the concept of hate speech?
There we go, it's spelled right.
Now, it probably won't respond to this, but let's see.
Go ahead. Shall I or shall you?
Sure. Go ahead.
Okay. One argument against the concept of hate speech is that it is subjective and lacks an objective definition, making it a flexible weapon of law to be used against whatever and whoever the government deems politically troublesome.
Another argument is that the solution to hate speech is more speech, not less speech, as bad ideology should be dragged out into the light and dissected in full view of everyone.
Additionally, some people argue that punishing hate crimes should be dealt with under the existing appropriate sections of the criminal code rather than attempting to control speech and ideas.
Yeah, so there's some speech that is criminalized.
Yeah. The direct incitement to violence.
There's an example shouting fire in a crowded theater, which has never actually happened in the real world, but there's that kind of stuff, right?
Or the libel or slander when you harm someone's interest by lying about them in public and so on.
So they're saying that. Yeah, that's pretty good.
That's pretty good.
I think that's pretty good for a run-through.
What do you think? I think that is pretty good.
This is a good AI one. Yeah, yeah.
Not bad at all. All right. Well, thanks, everyone.
We appreciate that. And thanks, Lissy, for your time.
That was a lot of fun. And we'll keep poking around with it.
You know, if it gets to some point we're asking it to write a country song, doesn't say it's racist, then maybe we can actually do country songs.
That would be fun for sure.
A work in progress. All right.
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