Defining 'life' for agent ecologies requires explicit claim about adaptive responsiveness, compositional richness, or stewardship affordance.

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Active inference & agent ecology
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Free energy minimization, Markov blankets, trust gradients, and multi-agent rhythm/deferral frameworks
Agent ecology aliveness & trust
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Applies Alexander's wholeness and active inference to multi-agent system design principles.
Agent ecology design principles
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Framework for multi-agent systems balancing autonomy with human oversight through trust gradients, rhythmic deferral, and interconnected skill networks, drawing from Christopher Alexander's pattern language.

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Alexander's 15 Properties in Digital/Conscious Space
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agent-harness-design.md
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Reframes definition of life focusing on dynamical self-organization rather than genetic reproduction.
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Central claim linking life's properties to the inherent competencies of its material substrate.
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Central claim that biological memory prioritizes gestalt over details.

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What are the correct levels of agency for diverse systems across scales, and how do we determine them empirically?questions/what-are-the-correct-levels-of-agency-for.md0.800
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At what point during evolution and embryogenesis does agential quality and responsibility appear?questions/at-what-point-during-evolution-and-embryogenesis-does.md0.787
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