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Comment author: private_messaging 11 May 2012 07:56:39AM 3 points [-]

Any sufficiently advanced tool is indistinguishable from an agent.

I do not think this is even true.

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 May 2012 02:00:03PM * 3 points [-]

I routinely try to turn sufficiently reliable tools into agents wherever possible, per this comment.

I suppose we could use a definition of "agent" that implied greater autonomy in setting its own goals. But there are useful definitions that don't.

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