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I haven't read the link yet, but I note that I have long understood that predestination does not affect freewill in the slightest. While some program effecting this simulation or Creator God may have omniscient foreknowledge of my actions, I sure as hell don't, and make my decisions freely based on my experiences and understanding. I may not be ineffable to greater minds than mine, but I am to me, and thus my experience of my consciousness is that I am entirely free to undertake what I will at my sole option.

LOL at 'Where there are girls there are cats'. God bless 'em.

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I have long understood that predestination does not affect freewill in the slightest... my experience of my consciousness is that I am entirely free to undertake what I will at my sole option.

You're ahead of me. I don't think I had come across that argument before. But now I'm wondering how that line of reasoning applies to the question of whether AI systems have free will.

LOL at 'Where there are girls there are cats'. God bless 'em.

lol. Yeah, I had to be careful with my phrasing on that one. Didn't want to launch a SteemStorm. ; -)

I reckon as far as AI is concerned it has freewill. Not even close to convinced AI presently is able to wrassle with such questions or potential of self-awareness requisite to the question.

It will though.

As to the invasive species issue, there are far too many ways that phrasing can go wrong.

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