Functional Agency in Physical Systems

What if “free will” is the wrong question? In Functional Agency in Physical Systems, I replace metaphysical arguments with a systems-engineering view: agency is a technical property of self-modeling minds that cannot be cleanly reduced to an external predictor. Using the Halting Problem and computational irreducibility as templates, the paper explains why any attempt to make a person perfectly “predictable” either fails, becomes as costly as simulating them, or effectively undermines their autonomy. The result is a measurable model of sovereignty—Functional Agency, Agency Depth, and Effective Agency—with direct relevance to human dignity in an age of hyper-accurate prediction and behavioral steering.

From Djeff Bee / Meaningfulness Media Group.
https://Meaningfulness.com.au


Full article: https://djeffbee.substack.com/p/you-are-not-a-glitch-the-engineering

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