[KuriousCat]

Can you please explain your argument? I don't think I got it.

[MichaelZuo]

Which part don't you get?

[KuriousCat]

I don't see why we should be coming up with a definition of freedom/agency in the way you have suggested. People are free to create what they want to but should be constrained in their ability to impose those on others.

[MichaelZuo]

How would you 'constrain' them if they are free to create technology that bypasses or remove those same constraints?

[KuriousCat]

Deployment constraints. There is no need to constrain the development or research.

[MichaelZuo]

So then people can't have agency or freedom to bypass those 'deployment constraints' right?

[KuriousCat]

I am not sure where you are going with this. If there is a politician/a company that has developed mass surveillance or manipulation tech I would not want them to have the freedom to bypass the 'deployment constraints'.