How about “agency” as the extent by which people are moved to action by deliberate thought and by preferences they’re aware of—as opposed to by habit, instinct, social expectations or various unconscious drives.
That’s pretty much similar to Luke’s definition I guess.
Is this different from, say, intelligence as an “ability to reason, plan, solve problems”?
It’s different in that it also chooses which problems to seek to solve, in accordance to one’s own self-aware preferences .
Are there examples of intelligent non-agents or non-intelligent agents?
Lots of intelligent non-agents—a pocket calculator for example.
How about “agency” as the extent by which people are moved to action by deliberate thought and by preferences they’re aware of—as opposed to by habit, instinct, social expectations or various unconscious drives.
That’s pretty much similar to Luke’s definition I guess.
It’s different in that it also chooses which problems to seek to solve, in accordance to one’s own self-aware preferences .
Lots of intelligent non-agents—a pocket calculator for example.