If we go with the assumption that humans are strictly deterministic machines, “autonomy” could be thought of as the degree to which it’s easier to predict a human’s future actions by looking at their internal state, rather than by looking at the orders they receive.
If we go with the assumption that humans are strictly deterministic machines, “autonomy” could be thought of as the degree to which it’s easier to predict a human’s future actions by looking at their internal state, rather than by looking at the orders they receive.