Also, see my favorite quote by Ambrose Bierce on the subject, from another post:
“There’s no free will,” says the philosopher; “To hang is most unjust.” ″There is no free will,” assents the officer; “We hang because we must.”
Basically, all an embedded agent does is discovering what the world is really like. There is no ability to steer the world in a desired direction, but also no ability to not to steer it. We are all NPCs, but most of us think we are PCs.
You might find a recent book review useful: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jr3sxQb6HDS87ve3m.
I commented on the topic there.
Also, see my favorite quote by Ambrose Bierce on the subject, from another post:
“There’s no free will,” says the philosopher; “To hang is most unjust.”
″There is no free will,” assents the officer; “We hang because we must.”
Basically, all an embedded agent does is discovering what the world is really like. There is no ability to steer the world in a desired direction, but also no ability to not to steer it. We are all NPCs, but most of us think we are PCs.
Your link is broken because the comment thought the trailing period was part of the link. Here’s the proper link:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jr3sxQb6HDS87ve3m