Will It Be Possible for Artificial Intelligence Robots to Acquire Free Will and Believe in God?

Year 2017, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 75 - 87, 30.12.2017

Mustafa Çevik

https://doi.org/10.18491/beytulhikme.375781

Abstract

This essay deals with the
subject of whether artificial intelligence robots will gain
consciousness in the future. The general perception of artificial
intelligence robots and then the validity and rationality of this
perception will be discussed. This is followed by a comparison between
the structure of pre-programmed artificial intelligence robots and the
structure of things in the nature. Then comes their comparison to human
beings with regard to emotions, free will and ability to make a choice,
and a discussion of their similarity to angels. Finally, the study will
in detail deliberate over why artificial intelligence robots will not be
able to have free will.

Keywords

Artificial intelligence, robotics, free will, mechanism, angel, will, personality

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