| badgenome said: Well, the animal will keep trying (and if smart enough, will figure out a way past the fence) if there is no other food available and the only other option is starvation. Animals are capable of learning, and some higher animals can learn a great deal, but it's all based on the instinctive imperative to survive. They are not capable of real introspection, though. As for the theoretical self-programming computer, yes, it would have free will. Didn't you play Mass Effect 3? |
That's simply not true, or at the very least you can't be certain they aren't. I've seen and read my share of presentational videos and articles, studies have been done on the subject, look some up if your interested. @learning & instinct: How is that so different from humans? We're basically the same but on a higher/more complex level.
@second sentence: Why the "theoretical"? It isn't that complicated to create a computer program that adjusted itself based on external factors. You say self-programming but I never claimed that. Building one that was able to emulate what the human brain does, although complicated, is certainly NOT impossible.
Either way, what's you point? The examples you mentioned aren't on the same level as humans, but that doesn't have much to do with the hypothetical at hand.
