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The Computational Agent
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A computational agent is one whose decisions can be broken into small mechanical steps that a physical device could carry out.
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A thermostat senses temperature, compares it with a set point, and switches the heat — three steps, fully mechanical, fully an agent.
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"Mechanical steps" sets no ceiling on sophistication — chess engines and language models pass the same test.