yeah I was probably too abstract in my reply—to rephrase: a thermostat (or other extremely small control system) is a perfectly valid example of agency. it’s not dangerously strong agency or any such thing. but my point is really to say that you’re on the right track here, looking at the micro-scale versions of things is very promising.
yeah I was probably too abstract in my reply—to rephrase: a thermostat (or other extremely small control system) is a perfectly valid example of agency. it’s not dangerously strong agency or any such thing. but my point is really to say that you’re on the right track here, looking at the micro-scale versions of things is very promising.