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Quote by: Derek Wolff  Computers have to run on its programming solely, it has no free will, therefore no matter how real it is not alive. Maybe when articifial intelligence is invented we can have this argument. |
The problem is that the only real understanding of free will that we have is metaphysical. If we can't pin point exactly what it is then at what stage can we accept it in a computer.
In a metaphysical sense a computer is using a measure of free will when it's programming allows it to adjust it's software without the need of human input.