Can Artificial Intelligence have free will?

[BidenPresident]

The race to the bottom between BidenPresident and Doc Dutch continues....

shut up troll

 

[Dutch Uncle]

The race to the bottom between BidenPresident and Doc Dutch continues....

I love it that you are always thinking of me.

 

[Into the Night]

An AI system can set tasks for itself and complete them. This fulfills one definition of free will.

Nope. It is not free will. AI is just a programming technique. It can do not more than what programmers set for it to 'learn'. It's just a feedback mechanism to trim data.

 

[BidenPresident]

Nope. It is not free will. AI is just a programming technique. It can do not more than what programmers set for it to 'learn'. It's just a feedback mechanism to trim data.

So?

 

[Into the Night]

Not yet as far as I know but we will see what the future holds.

A similar thing would be to ask if animals have free will or not

I suppose it’s how someone wishes to define free will

Animals have free will. Anyone that's ever tried to train a cat or deal with a headstrong horse will know what I'm talking about.

 

[Into the Night]

I defined it. Ability to set a task and complete it.

There are other definitions but this one at least gives a starting point.

AI does not give any program the ability to set a task and complete it. Programmers set the task and tell the program how to complete it.

 

[BidenPresident]

AI does not give any program the ability to set a task and complete it. Programmers set the task and tell the program how to complete it.

No, not what AI is. Nothing to do with the programmer. That is the whole point.

 

[Into the Night]

Free will is a religious term so AI would have to have the ability to believe in a god to practice it

No. A 'will' is the ability to make your own decisions independent of any other force. A 'free will' is the unrestricted ability to make decisions.
Programs cannot make any decision by themselves without guidance from a programmer. A program is not unrestricted either. It MUST operate within the parameters set by the programmer, even if that program uses AI techniques.

 

[Into the Night]

No, not what AI is. Nothing to do with the programmer. That is the whole point.

AI requires a programmer. It's a programming technique. That's all.

 

[BidenPresident]

AI requires a programmer. It's a programming technique. That's all.

Which can learn and teach itself.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

AI does not give any program the ability to set a task and complete it. Programmers set the task and tell the program how to complete it.

Unless it's programmed and given the ability to complete a task by considering any and all possible solutions including....wait for it....Global Thermonuclear War.

Mantra 53 Captain Obvious believes he’s saying something intelligent

Mantra 1a.

Mantra 4a.

One of the "miscellaneous" documents on that site is Into the Night's mantra list.

 

[Lightbringer]

Which can learn and teach itself.

No it can't. AI is a program, it's only as smart as the programmer.

 

[BidenPresident]

No it can't. AI is a program, it's only as smart as the programmer.

So...you know nothing about artificial intelligence.

 

[Lightbringer]

So...you know nothing about artificial intelligence.

Akshually...I do. What you think is machine learning is really just a program making calls that a smart programmer told the program to make. All AI is is an application...it's just a computer program.

 

[BidenPresident]

Akshually...I do. What you think is machine learning is really just a program making calls that a smart programmer told the program to make. All AI is is an application...it's just a computer program.

And humans are just machines yet we learn and evolve.

 

[Lightbringer]

And humans are just machines yet we learn and evolve.

Humans are not machines. You are far more than a Dell desktop....well, maybe you aren't but the rest of us are.

AI is just a program, that's all it is. Don't believe the hype.

 

[BidenPresident]

Humans are not machines. You are far more than a Dell desktop....well, maybe you aren't but the rest of us are.

AI is just a program, that's all it is. Don't believe the hype.

Sorry, I actually have studied the theory of artificial intelligence. Turing wrote a paper on this in 1952. Can machines think.

 

[Lightbringer]

Sorry, I actually have studied the theory of artificial intelligence. Turing wrote a paper on this in 1952. Can machines think.

Stop it, you haven't studied jack shit and you're about 10 years off on Turing...maybe more.

 

[BidenPresident]

Stop it, you haven't studied jack shit and you're about 10 years off on Turing...maybe more.

Look, you're a dope. Don't waste my time.

 

[Lightbringer]

Look, you're a dope. Don't waste my time.

Turing had already been out of favor by the time Bletchley Park was up and running. That was before the 1950's.