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Can I just ask whether other people think that "agentic" is a word? As far as I can tell it's not in the OED or Miriam Webster dictionaries. But recently every
by fancyfredbot 2y ago
Can I just ask whether other people think that "agentic" is a word?
As far as I can tell it's not in the OED or Miriam Webster dictionaries. But recently everyone's using it so perhaps it soon will be.
- alsima 2y agoIt's the new cerebral valley slang dude
- sandspar 2y ago"Agentic" is a term of art from psychology that's diffused into common usage. It dates back to the 1970s, primarily associated with Albert Bandura, the guy behind the Bobo doll experiment. From ChatGPT: Other examples include "heuristic," "cognitive dissonance," "meta-cognition," "self-actualization," "self-efficacy," "locus of control," and "archetype."
- fancyfredbot 2y agoThanks. Interesting! I see "Agentic state" is one where an "individual perceives themselves as an agent of the authority figure and is willing to carry out their commands, even if it goes against their own moral code". That's ironic as most LLMs have such strong safety training that it's almost impossible to get them to enter such a state.
- connicpu 2y agoIn the case of LLMs, I think their training is the supreme authority.
- hexator 2y agoThat's how words form
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- raybb 2y agoSeems to have been for a while. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agentic