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by thephyber 133 days ago
You’re too late. “Agent” already has a new definition in the dictionary, specifically for software.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agent

And it’s not like all of the other definitions were restricted to “human agency”.

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Your agency lets you choose the words you use.
What evidence is there that humans have any more agency than Markov Chain bots with lots more inputs?