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First letter of Oz to the NG

Kooter cbowling at mindspring.com
Fri Jul 30 11:45:36 EST 1999


X <X at X.X> wrote in message news:37A19C39.8559C43B at X.X...
> Kooter wrote:
>
> > > of course, 'AI' 'motivation' can be tailored, but in doing so, it
ceases
> > to
> > > be 'AI' and is just another mechanism lacking Free Will.
> >
> > Humans don't have 'free will'.  We are severly constrained by social
> > requirements.  Does that mean that we are also 'just another mechanism
> > lacking free will'?
>
> Definition of terms again: what is free will? Well, "will" translates
loosely
> to a combination of intent and desire. You imply here that it means "free
> action".

Wrong.  I implied that _free_ will is the _free_dom to implement your
desires.

The word 'free' is a modifier on the word 'will'.





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