Ed Leafe wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Charlie Coleman wrote:
>
>> If I granted the robot "free will," then it would indeed be the
>> robot that
>> was responsible.
>
> How can a defective robot ever be considered to have "free will"?
>
>> Now, I suppose the debate becomes is "free will" a "programming
>> error" or not.
>
> No, not if you are looking at this honestly.
>
> Free will requires at least a minimal ability to correctly interpret
> and process information. If all-powerful Ricardo created a robot that
> could not correctly do those things (i.e., badly progammed), then no
> matter how much he chants "Free will! Free will!", the actions of that
> robot are the result of his design.
>
But it's so funny to watch him wriggle out of that trap 22! The stupid
robot believes he's got free will so he feels guilty about every
stupidity I programmed it to do. Really funny! (forgot to tell you I'm a
sadistic god, very similar to judeo-christian god).
BTW Ed, that "all-powerful Ricardo" comment has earned you paradise. Do
whatever you will, sin as much as you want, you've earned a granted
ticket to paradise.
Cheers.
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