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A decision is understood as any point where an agent takes a course of action based on: its perception of circumstances, its evaluation of available options, it
by simiones 3y ago
A decision is understood as any point where an agent takes a course of action based on: its perception of circumstances, its evaluation of available options, its evaluation of possible consequences of each option, and its given logic/values/morals. Nowhere in this kind of definition is there some expectation of a "free" choice (one that doesn't depend on the whole history of the agent so far).
You can see this definition in contexts like "decision trees" (which no one believes have consciousness or free will), and in common language about algorithms/programs (where people say the algorithm decides or chooses what to show you, for example - again with no illusions that the algorithm has free will).