On Artificial Intelligence & Free Will

Abstract

It is desirable to us humans that a computer or an AI would not require any programmer to do meaningful work. How can we achieve this? This paper aims to provide a tentative answer. Lady Lovelace was the first person and programmer to point out that a computer needs to originate something to be creative and autonomous. Philosophers think this as free will objection. Though free will inspired some attention in AI literature, the mystery of free will is so far unsolved. This paper suggests that a desire for a divergent state is a plausible evidence for existence of free will. Though a desire is still mysterious to us in some way, the content of a divergent state is somewhat specific.