Many actions have a negative value. If I give two toddlers ball-peen hammers, release them into a window store, and then close the front door while I wait in the parking lot, was my action likely to create value or likely to destroy value?

FIRE!

-crowded theater (negative value example)

Words can be pretty much actions depending on who you are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_tur...

>I think it’s easier just to recognize words as free and to value them as such.

well, yeah that is the world the AI guys want...

Words are acts, as formalized in speech act theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_act