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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 06 July 2014 12:17:29PM 1 point [-]

You still need explain why agency would be needed to solve problems that don't require agency to solve them.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 July 2014 01:18:07PM 0 points [-]

Because agency, given superintelligent AI, is a way of solving problems, possibly the most efficient, and possibly (for some difficult problems) the only solution.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 06 July 2014 02:49:03PM 2 points [-]

How are you defining agency?

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