And one more thing. If free will is real on any level, then we are possibly at a border condition-- what would the mechanism be for free will? We may need to make more progress into how matter can be sentient, for example. Maybe we'll discover in a lab an incredible relationship between QM mechanics and the mind, for example. Certainly, there are already some observer effects where our observations of particles seem to affect the way they behave. Would the same apply if a robot observed as if a thinking human does, for example?
Forgive the rants, I was kind of excited by the nature of your question.
Forgive the rants, I was kind of excited by the nature of your question.