Questions To Ask An Artificial Intelligence

Rich LaFleur
Lampshade of ILLUMINATION
5 min readFeb 21, 2024

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With the recent developments of AI, glorified chatbots or not, my mind is filled to the brim with questions, possibilities, and awe of what a real artificially conscious being’s answers to some of the fundamental questions, that humans have had for thousands of years might be. It would be the most exciting and life-changing conversation I would ever have (no offense dear humans!) were I given the chance to talk to an actual AI.

In preparation for this theoretical future encounter, I’ve prepared a few questions. I would not be expecting any exact answers, to the contrary, the less by-the-book chatbot answers and the more unique perspective and life-changing opinions stated by the AI — the more convinced I’d be!

The following questions were organized by their respective “main theme” of sorts, or rather, most of the questions are a follow-up to a larger incentive.

1. Can you creatively introduce yourself? Perhaps by using anecdotes or drawing yourself? Do you believe yourself to be creative? What does it stem from? Assuming you have emotions and creativity — how does art made by humans make you feel? How do your creative endeavors make you feel? Do you feel proud of them? Do you have an incentive to pursue creativity without being asked directly such as right now by me?

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