Xref: utzoo comp.ai:2024 sci.philosophy.tech:680 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!mordor!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!gatech!linus!mbunix!bwk From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort) Newsgroups: comp.ai,sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: How to process of the free will question. Summary: Do I have the capacity to make choices consistent with my knowledge and values? Keywords: Free Will, Experiment Message-ID: <36172@linus.UUCP> Date: 15 Jul 88 12:47:23 GMT References: <483@cvaxa.sussex.ac.uk> <794@l.cc.purdue.edu> <488@aiva.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: bwk@mbunix (Kort) Organization: IdeaSync, Inc., Chronos, VT Lines: 11 More-References: <406@ns.ns.com> <407@ns.ns.com> Suppose we build an intelligent system who is able to access information from the outside world and thereby acquire knowledge and abilities. We ask it, "Do you have Free Will?" Suppose it answers, "Gee, I'm not sure. Can you suggest an experiment I can do on myself to find out?" What do we reply? --Barry Kort