Have recent AI breakthroughs made you question existence of free will?

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Doesn't modern AI make it clear that free will isn't necessary for intelligent, human-like behavior?

JohnFen · Accepted Answer

No, it has had no impact on my opinions about free will.> Doesn't modern AI make it clear that free will isn't necessary for intelligent, human-like behavior?Not at all.

haniehz · Answer

Watching LLMs mimic reasoning so well definitely makes you wonder how much of our own thinking is just pattern prediction with extra steps.

incomingpain · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chainIt's not AI. It's Markov chains that essentially prove no free will.AI partially uses these but not significantly. So AI isnt what makes me question.

Have recent AI breakthroughs made you question existence of free will?

Doesn't modern AI make it clear that free will isn't necessary for intelligent, human-like behavior?

No, it has had no impact on my opinions about free will.
> Doesn't modern AI make it clear that free will isn't necessary for intelligent, human-like behavior?
Not at all.

Watching LLMs mimic reasoning so well definitely makes you wonder how much of our own thinking is just pattern prediction with extra steps.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
It's not AI. It's Markov chains that essentially prove no free will.
AI partially uses these but not significantly. So AI isnt what makes me question.