Language and Agency
Karl Friston discusses the concept of agency in relation to language, emphasizing that true agency involves being a generative model of the future, not just influencing states. He distinguishes between mimics and planners based on the presence of state action policies, shedding light on the nature of intelligence and planning within systems like large language models.In this clip
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Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya
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