AI

Even if computers could have consciousness, how could they have free will? We design then such that we know where their electricity will flow.  And, if we don't have free will, what is the difference between our thought and theirs?

God and Free Will

If there is a being that can predict the future with 100% certainty, how can we have free will?  And if God can't, how can he be omnipotent or omniscient?  If God knows what will happen and you cannot avoid what he knows will happen,  how can you "will" anything?  

The Question of Free Will

To start us off, I thought I would lead with a few questions:

If there is no randomness in particle motion and interaction, then can thoughts be predicted and do we have no free will?  If there is randomness, do our thoughts have no meaning and are they just as random as their cause?  If there is randomness, can our larger brains have control over smaller random interactions and create meaning?

...Do people have free will?

Some clarification:

The question may be better put "Do we have free choice," as "will" implies a certain order of the desire to some philosophers (especially Harry Frankfurt, who is my source for the term).  However, a lack of free choice necessitates a lack of free will (or a lack of free "free will").  If you cannot choose anything, then your highest order desire is still forced and you cannot freely "will" anything.  So I will not concern myself with the distinction, and we should progress using the word "will," since this is how the question is commonly phrased. 

Or, maybe it should be called “free thought.”  And, indeed, if we do not have free thought, we cannot have free choice or free will of any order...