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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

12Agency: What it is and why it matters
Daniel Kokotajlo
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22P₂B: Plan to P₂B Better
Ramana Kumar, Daniel Kokotajlo
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13Agents as P₂B Chain Reactions
Daniel Kokotajlo
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15Interlude: Agents as Automobiles
Daniel Kokotajlo
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23Gradations of Agency
Daniel Kokotajlo
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15Why agents are powerful
Daniel Kokotajlo
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