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Robots can always be arbitrarily programmed
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Robots can't always be arbitrarily reprogrammed.
Hilary Putnam (1964).
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence☜A collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?—exploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.☜F1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1] »
Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]☜Can a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? ☜FFB597
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No: computers can't have free will »
No: computers can't have free will
No: computers can't have free will☜Machines only do what they have been designed to do and cant make voluntary, unconstrained decisions that are independent of the influence of deterministic factors. Hence, they lack free will and, therefore, cant think.☜59C6EF
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Computers only exhibit the free will of programmers »
Computers only exhibit the free will of programmers
Computers only exhibit the free will of programmers☜Computers cant have free will because they cant act except as they are determined by their designers and programmers—i.e. they only exhibit the free will of their programmers.☜EF597B
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Preprogrammed robots have no psychological states »
Preprogrammed robots have no psychological states
Preprogrammed robots have no psychological states☜Because they are programmed, robots have no psychological states of their own. They may act as if they have psychological states, but only because their programmers have psychological states and have programmed robots to act accordingly.☜98CE71
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Reprogramming Argument »
Reprogramming Argument
Reprogramming Argument☜Humans cant be reprogammed in the arbitrary way that robots can be. The actions of the robot depend entirely on the whims of the programmer, whereas human behaviour is self-determined.☜98CE71
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Reprogramming is consistent with free will »
Reprogramming is consistent with free will
Reprogramming is consistent with free will☜The reprogramming argument fails to show that robots lack free will. The claim that nothing programmed could be conscious relies on 2 false assumptions: 1) programmed behavior is entirely predictable, 2) programmed behavior lacks all spontaneity.☜EF597B
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Robots can always be arbitrarily programmed
Robots can always be arbitrarily programmed☜Robots cant always be arbitrarily reprogrammed.☜FF97FF
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