Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence under Determinism

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2024.30.16025

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determinism, simulation, counterfactuals, eternalism, pancomputationalism

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This paper proposes a metaphysical framework for distinguishing between human and machine intelligence. It posits two identical deterministic worlds -- one comprising a human agent and the other a machine agent. These agents exhibit different information processing mechanisms despite their apparent sameness in a causal sense. Providing a conceptual modeling of their difference, this paper resolves what it calls “the vantage point problem” – namely, how to justify an omniscient perspective through which a determinist asserts determinism from within the supposedly deterministic universe.

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Jae Jeong Lee. (2024). Rethinking Human and Machine Intelligence under Determinism. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, 30, 19-28. https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2024.30.16025
Received 2023-12-18
Accepted 2024-04-03
Published 2024-07-08