No, I view the world as deterministic, ie., all non-quantum level processes are deterministic. Therefore whatever methods, choices, knowledge, understandings etc, that you have in mind will be subjected to the same deterministic laws that operates at that level.
Quantum level processes on the other hand are random or, as BobX prefer, free. So, in my view of things, to break out of the deterministic confines of the larger scale world, random events from the quantum world are needed to trigger the changes in the larger scale world.
I don't think free will has to do with determinism or randomness. I don't think it matters whether a universe is random or deterministic, whether this is at the lower or higher levels. What matters is the so-called "emergent phenomenon."
A deterministic universe can still generate seemingly random events. For example, a computer can be programmed to generate pseudo-random numbers. If life is driven more by deterministic than random processes, then the question of whether we have free will has nothing to do with whether the processes of life are deterministic.
The question of free will should not be linked to the question of determinism or randomness, but the emergent phenomenon of intelligence.
Some scientists suggest that intelligent thought processes follow an evolutionary process that they term as "neural darwinism." They believe that the connections in our brain follow an evolutionary process and that intelligence "emerges" from this evolutionary process. It emerges from this process in a similar way that natural evolution "emerged" without mechanisms in place to "force" evolution to take place.
Prior to the existence of natural evolution, there was no evolution. Evolution is not an inherent part of the universe. There is gravity, energy, entropy, electromagnetism and matter, but no evolution.
"Evolution" emerges from the biology of living things. It arises from the chemical processes of living things, not from the fundamental framework of the universe. The fundamental framework of the universe simply provides for the possibility of evolution.
The biology that led to evolution did not previously exist and somehow came into existence. A bunch of amino acids, DNA and proteins came together to create the biological framework that would lead to evolution. This biology "evolved" to reproduce itself, as well as the mechanisms that would make evolution possible. Evolution was not inherent in this biology either. It was the interaction between living things that allowed evolution to "emerge."
If the intelligence in the human brain is to be seen as a kind of "neural evolution" or "neural darwinism," then like evolution, it is not inherent in the structure of the universe. It is not inherent in the biology either, but "emerges" from the interaction between living things.
If free will is not to be linked to the fundamental structure of the universe, but to intelligence, then it has nothing to do with whether the universe is random or deterministic, but has to do with whether the universe provides for the possibility of intelligence and therefore free will.