Agency: What it is and why it matters

This sequence explains my take on agency. The first post is the intro + overview.

ETA: I’m deprioritizing completing this sequence because it seems that other people are writing good similar stuff. In particular, see e.g. https://​​www.lesswrong.com/​​posts/​​kpPnReyBC54KESiSn/​​optimality-is-the-tiger-and-agents-are-its-teeth and https://​​www.lesswrong.com/​​posts/​​pdJQYxCy29d7qYZxG/​​agency-and-coherence

Agency: What it is and why it matters

P₂B: Plan to P₂B Better

Agents as P₂B Chain Reactions

In­ter­lude: Agents as Automobiles

Gra­da­tions of Agency

Why agents are powerful