Does an Agentic AGI possess a different, and highly incorrigible, list of attributes compared to say—an Ethical Altruist trying to practice “acting more agentically?”
I ask because the whole word ‘agency’ in these parts is one I’ve struggled to wrap my head around—and I often wonder if tricker archetypes like Harpo Marx are agentic? Agency seems to have clear meaning outside of Lesswrong -
″ the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power : OPERATION”[1]
the ability to take action or to choose what action to take[2]
Further confusing me, is I’ve been told Agency describes acting with ‘initiative’ but also been told it is characterized by ‘deliberateness’. Not simply the ability to act or choose actions.
This is why I like your attempt to produce a list of attributes an Agentic AGI might have. Your list seems to be describing something which isn’t synonymous with another word, specifically a type of agency (outside definition of ability to act) which is not cooperative to intervention from its creators.
Does an Agentic AGI possess a different, and highly incorrigible, list of attributes compared to say—an Ethical Altruist trying to practice “acting more agentically?”
I ask because the whole word ‘agency’ in these parts is one I’ve struggled to wrap my head around—and I often wonder if tricker archetypes like Harpo Marx are agentic? Agency seems to have clear meaning outside of Lesswrong -
Further confusing me, is I’ve been told Agency describes acting with ‘initiative’ but also been told it is characterized by ‘deliberateness’. Not simply the ability to act or choose actions.
This is why I like your attempt to produce a list of attributes an Agentic AGI might have. Your list seems to be describing something which isn’t synonymous with another word, specifically a type of agency (outside definition of ability to act) which is not cooperative to intervention from its creators.
“Agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agency. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.
“Agency.” Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus. Cambridge University Press. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/agency Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.