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by naasking 2200 days ago
> I could ask why a memory that you form by changing weights on neurons count and memories formed by switching transistors don't.

There is no difference, as long as those transistors are part of a general learning system. A roomba thus does not qualify.
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ajuc 2200 days ago
Why should it matter if it's general? And why should it matter if it can learn?

Decision process is making decisions. Why create additional conditions? Most people would agree a person with no long term memory still has free will.

The only reason people add these conditions is to be able to continue living in an illusion of free will and of being something more than algorithm :)

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naasking 2192 days ago
> The only reason people add these conditions is to be able to continue living in an illusion of free will and of being something more than algorithm :)

Not at all. A sorting algorithm can't learn to not sort. A learning algorithm can learn to choose between right and wrong. That's why it has free will.

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