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Agency: What it is and why it matters

Dec 04, 2021 by Daniel Kokotajlo

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

25Agency: What it is and why it matters
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38P₂B: Plan to P₂B Better
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18Agents as P₂B Chain Reactions
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26Interlude: Agents as Automobiles
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41Gradations of Agency
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37Why agents are powerful
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