Symbol systems can't exhibit agency
Symbol processors can never have agency. Agency requries teleology, dialectical reasoning, and free will. Computers lack these traits, because they don't understand meanings, the relations between them, and their relation to the world.
Joseph Rychlak

Note: For similar arguments see the "Can computers have free will?" arguments on Map 1.
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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Symbol systems can't think dialectically »Symbol systems can't think dialectically
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Symbol systems can't exhibit agency
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Delayed mediational processes can generate agency »Delayed mediational processes can generate agency
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Some machines behave teleologically »Some machines behave teleologically
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Joseph F. Rychlak »Joseph F. Rychlak
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