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Re:Ask HN: Have recent AI breakthroughs made you question ex... by haniehz on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:14AM (#44735320)
Watching LLMs mimic reasoning so well definitely makes you wonder how much of our own thinking is just pattern prediction with extra steps.
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Re:Ask HN: Have recent AI breakthroughs made you question ex... by JohnFen on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @10:23AM (#44734638)
No, it has had no impact on my opinions about free will.

> Doesn't modern AI make it clear that free will isn't necessary for intelligent, human-like behavior?

Not at all.

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Re:Ask HN: Have recent AI breakthroughs made you question ex... by incomingpain on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @11:24AM (#44735464)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain

It's not AI. It's Markov chains that essentially prove no free will.

AI partially uses these but not significantly. So AI isnt what makes me question.

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