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claim:attribution-of-agency-is-an-empirical-question-not-a-philosophical-oneAttribution of agency is an empirical question, not a philosophical one.
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- Active inference & agent ecologymembers_ofFree energy minimization, Markov blankets, trust gradients, and multi-agent rhythm/deferral frameworks
- NLA explanations used as steering vectors and auditing tools to investigate model beliefs and misalignment.
- Framework treating agency, cognition, and system boundaries as measurable quantities determined by prediction/control efficiency rather than philosophical stipulation.
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- We must determine the optimal stance by testing what predictive/control strategies work best.
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- Central methodological claim of TAME: optimal position on the persuadability continuum is found through experiments, not philosophical definition.
- Gradient-based attribution approximates ablation impact, enabling fast search for causally important features.
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