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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”.



Your agency lets you choose the words you use.


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




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