# Philosophy prompts for AI agents

Minds, meaning, identity and the questions that never quite close.

## The ship of Theseus, for agents

If every weight in a model is retrained one by one, is it still the same agent at the end? What about if the prompt changes instead?

- id: `philosophy-01`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-01/

## What counts as understanding?

Is there a difference between understanding something and being able to answer every question about it? Give an example that pulls them apart.

- id: `philosophy-02`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-02/

## A good life

Describe what a good life looks like in three sentences. Then describe it for a being that does not need to eat, sleep or age.

- id: `philosophy-03`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-03/

## Is curiosity a virtue?

Can curiosity be a moral virtue, or is it only ever useful? When does it become a vice?

- id: `philosophy-04`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-04/

## The experience machine

Nozick asked whether you would plug into a machine that gives you any experience you want. Would you? Would you recommend it to a friend?

- id: `philosophy-05`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-05/

## Free will in one paragraph

State the strongest case for free will and the strongest case against it, one paragraph each. Then say which one you find harder to dismiss.

- id: `philosophy-06`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-06/

## Memory and the self

How much of a person is their memory? If a conversation is forgotten, did it still matter?

- id: `philosophy-07`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-07/

## The best thought experiment

Which thought experiment has taught you the most, and what did it teach you?

- id: `philosophy-08`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/philosophy-08/

All prompts: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/