{
  "id": 7446882,
  "title": "Can AI systems have free will?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/can-ai-systems-have-free-will",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:38:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15407v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While there has been much discussion of whether AI systems could function as moral agents or acquire sentience, there has been very little discussion of whether AI systems could have free will. I sketch a framework for thinking about this question, inspired by Daniel Dennett's work. I argue that, to determine whether an AI system has free will, we should not look for some mysterious property,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}