Assembling Computer with Free Will: An Application of Artificial Intelligence Volume 3 - Issue 2

Yousaf Ali Khan*

• School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

Received:October 11, 2021   Published: October 21, 2021

Corresponding author: Yousaf Ali Khan, School of Statistics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, China

DOI: 10.32474/ARME.2021.03.000160

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Abstract

People have a strong perception that they could do otherwise. The perception itself is an experimental fact open to explanation and modelling. There have been centuries of relatively fruitless philosophical debate about abstract concepts of free will. This research work sidesteps the discussion of abstract concepts and focusses on the facts. On the phenomenon of free will and develops the challenge model in particular. This research is an implementation of the challenge model, where an agent has an inclination to assert its independence by responding to an implicit or explicit challenge to do otherwise. A standard utility agent is the basis of the model. A utility function for the agent is derived and applied to a number of free will situations to demonstrate credible performance. To implement a prejudice free test, it is suggested that scenarios are constructed using an alien visitor. We proposed a model of free that will be implemented on an AI system. The manifestation of free will is a consequence of the structure of the utility agent and the value function. It is independent of the physical implementation - it could be biological or a computer. It could be verified using a Turing type test, subject to the specified safeguards. This is a testable scientific explanation of free will.

Keywords: Challenge Model; Free will; Artificial Intelligence; Autonomous Agent; Utility Function; Modelling

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