No, I would try to rule out stars based on “a-priori-specifiable consequence”—saying that “stars shine” would be painting a target around the arrow, i.e. reasoning about what the system would actually do and then saying that the system is going to do that. For example, expecting bacteria to take actions that maximize inclusive genetic fitness would certainly qualify as “a priori specifiable”. The other part is “more likely than chance”, which I suppose entails a range of possible actions/behaviors, with different actions/behaviors invoked in different possible universes, but leading to the same consequence regardless. (You can see how every step I make towards being specific here is also a step towards making my “theorem” completely trivial, X=X.)
Does your definition of agentic behavior include the behavior of a star?
No, I would try to rule out stars based on “a-priori-specifiable consequence”—saying that “stars shine” would be painting a target around the arrow, i.e. reasoning about what the system would actually do and then saying that the system is going to do that. For example, expecting bacteria to take actions that maximize inclusive genetic fitness would certainly qualify as “a priori specifiable”. The other part is “more likely than chance”, which I suppose entails a range of possible actions/behaviors, with different actions/behaviors invoked in different possible universes, but leading to the same consequence regardless. (You can see how every step I make towards being specific here is also a step towards making my “theorem” completely trivial, X=X.)