non-agentic

comparative more non-agentic · superlative most non-agentic · alternative nonagentic

1. not agentic; that works without autonomy or self-determination.

   The non-agentic explanatory models put the central focus on the causes behind our actions—what makes us act.

   2024, Jonas T. Hejlesen, “Hermeneutic Suspicion in Action: Agency Beyond Causality”, in Human Arenas, volume 9, →DOI

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   The difference is not, for instance, simply defined by human agency on one side and non-agentic causal relations on the other. Rather, differential degrees of agency are distributed across several force-fields, creating the need for subtle explorations of new 'nature/culture' imbrications in specific situations.

   2010, William E. Connolly, “Complexity and Relevance”, in European Political Science, volume 10, number 2, →DOI

   By attempting to construct the reality of these groups through basic demographics and limited statistics, programmes risk 'symptomizing' them, i.e., over-simplifying their situation, stereotyping, and minimizing their traits onto a negative spectrum; for example, symptomizing the poor as non-agentic, 'lazy', and 'un-resourceful'.

   2016, Juan Del Toro, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, “Invited Reflection: Intersectionality in Quantitative and Qualitative Research”, in Psychology of Women Quarterly, volume 40, number 3, →DOI

   When people perceive the current political system as non-agentic, striving for change might indicate an effort of group-based control. This might well be the case in countries that strongly suffered the consequences of the 2008 economic crisis and struggled to overcome them.

   2022, Álvaro Rodríguez-López et al., “Political change as group-based control: Threat to personal control reduces the support for traditional political parties”, in PLOS ONE, volume 17, number 12, →DOI

   Accordingly, we propose as a core building block for further advances the development of a non-agentic AI system that is trustworthy and safe by design, which we call Scientist AI. This system is designed to explain the world from observations, as opposed to taking actions in it to imitate or please humans.

   2025, Yoshua Bengio et al., “Superintelligent Agents Pose Catastrophic Risks: Can Scientist AI Help?”, in arXiv, →DOI

   We distinguish between agentic systems (AI inspired by agency, often semi-autonomous, e.g., LLM-based agents), agential systems (fully autonomous, self-producing systems, currently only biological), and non-agentic systems (tools without the impression of agency).

   2025, Jesse Gardner, Vladimir A. Baulin, “Is the 'Agent' Paradigm a Limiting Framework for Next-Generation Intelligent Systems?”, in arXiv, →DOI