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		thephyber 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the... You’re too late. “Agent” already has a new definition in the dictionary, specifically for software. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agent And it’s not like all of the other definitions were restricted to “human agency”.

xn 20 days ago [–]

Your agency lets you choose the words you use.

thephyber 20 days ago | [–]

What evidence is there that humans have any more agency than Markov Chain bots with lots more inputs?

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