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May 1, 2020 55 min

Episode 011: Free Will

from The AI Experience Hosted by Lloyd Danzig

In this episode, Lloyd and Geoff discuss what it would mean for a machine to exercise agency or volition. The conversation touches upon topics including quantum mechanics, ethics, metaphysics, causality, and parallel universes, in addition to Artificial Intelligence. Episode Guide: 2:46 - Can Machines Have Free Will? 7:36 - Distinguishing Lies From Errors 14:06 - Libertarianism, Determinism, Compatibilism 21:41 - Comments on Causality 28:53 - The Unknowable Unknowns & Butterfly Effect 34:33 - The Multiverse & Quantum Suicide 41:50 - The Illusion of the Self & Linguistic Ambiguity 48:08 - Can Machines Have Free Will? 50:18 - The Anthropic Principle More Info: Visit us at aiexperience.org Brought to you by ICED(AI) Hosts - Lloyd Danzig, Geoff Johnson

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