CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE A CONSCIOUS ENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF FREE WILL? Abstract The aim of this study is to examine and evaluate whether artificial intelligence can have a consciousness like a human in the context of free will. It is observed that the concept of free will is related to consciousness. When the influence of determinism is considered, it is seen and observed intensely in the universe. Therefore, explaining the existence of free will without any metaphysical element is quite difficult. Thus, if humans are merely composed of data and their difference from artificial intelligence is their more complex data, artificial intelligence seems possible. If a metaphysical explanation is considered, what can be valid for humans can also be valid for artificial intelligence, so it seems possible for artificial intelligence to be conscious. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Free Will, Consciousness, Determinism Introduction Artificial intelligence has become a highly discussed
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