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Default Re: [OT] Plato\'s Pub and Philosophical Society

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Quite probably. All that mucking about with electrons that goes on inside circuitry probably involves QM
How do you mean? By generating errors? They're pretty rare, except when using windows, and that's not due to QM, its due to QA.

I think we could also use a good definition of Free Will, and what it means to say one thing has it while another dosen't.
If an AI compares random numbers to decide whether to go left or right, is that free will? It will be chaotic and unpredictable...
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