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In response to the whole AI/free will debate.
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I've had many discussions about the free will part of the debate. When I tell some people my views they will not even consider them, because it would mean they'd have no 'free will'. But in my opinion, free will is one of those terms that isn't defined very clearly.
If you define free will as something that requires a human brain, then indeed, humans have free will and AI's never will. If, however, it is defined as a power that can influence that which has been predetermained from the beginning of existance (if there is such a thing,) I believe that free will doesn't exist at all.
Of course, free will is a handy concept. It is used in a lot of ways. For example, without it, the criminal-justice-system would collapse. And to quote Q, every society must control its disruptive elements. So if you MUST use the the concept, it could also apply to AI's. Before granting that 'status' to AI's, though, its programming should be examined to prove it does indeed have free will. Because I believe that some day, maybe even before AI's exist, we will have figured out (one of) the programming structure(s) that qualifies as human like intelligence.