This paper introduces a new theoretical framework for understanding agency, grounded in relational biology and process ontology. It proposes a graded organizational theory where agency emerges from complex, time-dependent organizational structures. The authors argue that agency involves an endogenous anticipatory structure that modulates organism-environment coupling based on potential futures, leading to open-endedness when this structure can reconstruct its own possibilities. The framework aims to bridge existing theories and offers implications for various fields, including neuroscience and synthetic life. AI
IMPACT Proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding agency, potentially influencing AI research in areas like autonomous systems and artificial life.
RANK_REASON Academic paper published on arXiv. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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