In article <7ns1sg$9je$1 at nntp5.atl.mindspring.net>, "Kooter" <cbowling at mindspring.com> wrote:
>Ken Collins <KPaulC at email.msn.com> wrote in message
>news:ekcFnfG1#GA.153 at cpmsnbbsa05...
><snip>
>> 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'.
Yep, slaves of the giant sucking machine.
> We are severly constrained by social
>requirements. Does that mean that we are also 'just another mechanism
>lacking free will'?
>I don't see a connection between intelligence and free will.
No "free will", no intelligence.
In order for intelligence to function,
you need freedom to will in a particular direction.
If you don't, there is no possibility of intelligence.
You are just a machine.
> Slaves did
>what their owners wanted but at the same time some were considered very
>intelligent.
>Motivation is the thing that drives us towards a goal. Whether the
>motivation is caused by hunger or a subroutine in a program is irrelevant.
Huh?
