Albert Yuan examines the philosophical question of free will in light of modern neuroscience and AI development. He argues that determinism does not eliminate genuine human agency, contending that compatibilism, acting from one’s reflective values and reasoning, is the correct framework rather than an absence of causation. Yuan critiques popular interpretations of Benjamin Libet’s neuroscience experiments as oversimplified. He concludes that understanding authentic free will becomes increasingly urgent as AI systems develop.
