Artificial Intelligence and Free Will

(1) The Fundamental Question about Artificial Agency

The considerable powers of artificial intelligence are now clear. An AI can do certain things better than any human being (play chess, for example) and can do many things better than a typical human being (write poetry, for example). There is, however, a vital question about the powers of AI that is, to my knowledge, unresolved. This is not a question about any particular act or kind of act but about …

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