Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Concept interview, Hex. Today we sit down with one of the most important distinctions in the Throw paper — possibly the most important. Causation versus enablement.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Time, clocks & arrows
• Format: Concept interview
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: TH

Source anchors

• TH §11.2 Causation versus enablement
• TH §1.3 Agenthood versus agency
• NT §6.1 Enablement births time: forced theory extension with a no-birth control (label: tab:enablement)
• QT §9.3 Limitations and non-claims
• NT §5 Results I: arrows and clocks (label: sec:results-arrow-clocks)