Agency Is Frame-Dependent

The paper 'Agency Is Frame-Dependent' explores the notion that a system's ability to steer outcomes towards a goal, termed as 'agency', cannot be universally determined but must be evaluated relative to a specific reference frame. The authors draw on philosophical arguments and reinforcement learning to substantiate this claim, emphasizing that essential properties of agency are fundamentally frame-dependent, which has significant implications for the study of intelligence across various fields, including artificial intelligence.

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