untermensche
Contributor
Yes a robotic response is programmed.
A robotic response is a reflection of the nature and state of the system. A machine may not have the capacity for complex information processing, it may only be required to spot weld car bodies, for example. Its response is merely its function.
True AI is a different beast altogether, AI is able to analyze information, spot patterns and make decisions that were not programmed, hence it has 'intelligence'
There is no difference between robotic and the results of AI.
They are just better robots.
They do what they were programmed to do how they were programmed to do it.
Outcomes are defined ahead of time by the real intelligence.
Humans with their ability to create the new and that which has never existed before.
That takes freedom, not programming.