These thinking machines don't choose their thoughts. They are not blank slates, waiting patiently and listening. They are just binaries that only get executed when you run them. You have your causes backwards -- _we_ give it thoughts to think by literally seeding the machine with something to think about.

Your argument about the human is also missing something: a human can ignore whatever you say to them, but these thinking machines cannot. You say that these machines have already chosen the choice to even think, but they literally cannot choose to _not_ think about what you give them. But a human can ignore whatever you say and not respond to you.

You should read the article I posted, I've already discussed these arguments.

Well, I did read your article but don't agree with all of it.

If machines aren't intelligent because they are so obedient, is that really a path you want to follow when applied to humans? E.g., well-trained soldiers, strict religious practitioners, etc.

And if a machine should develop a loose connection and therefore sometimes not obey a command and just go its own way, does that now make it intelligent? You see the problem.

Yes, if a machine can somehow start disobeying, it becomes intelligent to some degree.

And yes, I want to walk that path because I believe that intelligence is not static and everyone can grow.