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community:leiden_hybrid_concepts-run4-c8-c2Empirical operationalization of agency attribution
Framework treating agency, cognition, and system boundaries as measurable quantities determined by prediction/control efficiency rather than philosophical stipulation.
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- agent-harness-design.md2 members
- Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds2 members
- Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds2 members
- A Free energy principle for the brain (lecture summary)1 member
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- Acting to maximize value is the same as acting to minimize surprise; value is simply the probability of sensory input expected by an agent.Reinterprets classical reward/value concepts through free energy lens.
- Attribution of agency is an empirical question, not a philosophical one.
- Teleophobia leads to Type 2 errors with respect to attribution of cognition that carry a huge opportunity cost.Refusing to consider cognitive models for complex systems limits our ability to control them.
- The correct level of agency for a system is an empirical question determined by which intervention strategy provides the most efficient prediction and control.Central methodological claim of TAME: optimal position on the persuadability continuum is found through experiments, not philosophical definition.
- The correct level of agency is an empirical question, not a philosophical one.We must determine the optimal stance by testing what predictive/control strategies work best.
- Current application of 15 properties to agent harness is metaphorical; operationalization into measurement is an open empirical question.
- The right unit of analysis for agent infrastructure—skill, tool, or manifold—is itself a position requiring explicit claim.