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Free Will Without Randomness: A Practical Test for AI Agency

TL;DR for operators When an AI system selects among actions, follows goals, and changes behavior when its internal representations change, there are at least two ways to describe what is happening. One is purely mechanistic: code receives inputs and produces outputs. The other treats the system as an agent choosing among options for reasons. ...

September 30, 2026 · 8 min · Zelina