Machine free will: is free will a necessary ingredient of machine consciousness?
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2011 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0164-3_15 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Key findings | A tentative model for machine free will is outlined, grounded in compatibilist views on determinism and freedom. |
Abstract
Sooner or later, machine consciousness will have to address the elusive notion of free will either to dismiss it or to produce a machine implementation. It is unclear whether freedom and consciousness are independent aspects of the human mind or by-product of the same underlying structure. Here, the relevant literature is reviewed focusing on the connection between determinism and freedom-usually explored by compatibilists. Eventually, a tentative model for machine free will is outlined.