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throwaway27448today at 11:48 AM4 repliesview on HN

> Selves are more technically defined by biologists and neuroscientists as “agents”

Someone shoot me please


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polishdude20today at 1:03 PM

Everytime I heard agent I think "slave". It's beating around the bush by calling it an agent.

AI "agents" don't have "agency". They do what you want at your every whim (or at least they never say no). That's a slave.

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airstriketoday at 11:53 AM

Whenever I need to feel a little happier I look up "agentic" on ahdictionary.com just to see it's not a word again

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gzreadtoday at 11:50 AM

It's more funny if you s/selves/elves/g

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