Can a Robot Have Free Will?
Using insights from cybernetics and an information-based understanding of biological systems, a precise, scientifically inspired, definition of free-will is offered and the essential requirements for an agent to possess it in principle are set out. These are: (a) there must be a self to self-determi...
Main Author: | Keith Douglas Farnsworth |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-05-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/5/237 |
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