What is the difference between action and mere behavior in a dynamical systems framework?

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• What distinguishes intentional action from mere behavior or accident?question0.797
  Driving question for Part I; answered by appeal to whether behavior originated in and was constrained by prior intention.
• Dynamics in Action: Intentional Behavior as a Complex Systemframework0.768
• Part II: Dynamical Systems Theory and Human Actionconcept0.751
  Constructive proposal: applies dynamical systems and nonequilibrium thermodynamics to action and intention (Chapters 7–13).
• Abstract performatives include purely internal actions such as commitments not necessarily expressed in output, but on whose fulfillment the correctness of the program depends.quote0.744
  Definition of abstract performative, a core invention of the paper.
• Action places an upper bound on the entropy of biological states, thereby conserving structural and dynamical integrity.claim0.735
  Autopoietic aspect of active inference.
• Progress in machine behavior science and biohybrid engineering breaks down the simplistic dualism of life vs. machine, revealing a continuum of emergence, rational control, and agency.claim0.732
  Second central claim: life and machine form a continuous multidimensional space, not discrete bins
• In order to actually do anything, the model must act through simulation of something.claim0.728
  Key consequence: GPT's power comes from simulating something contingent.
• How Do We Distinguish Genuine Agency From Merequestion0.728