AIs and Humans with Agency

The authors compare how humans develop the ability to make decisions and take actions (agency) with how AI programs might have this ability. They explain that humans take many years to develop agency because a part of the brain called the frontal lobe needs to mature. Attempts to give large language models (LLMs) this kind of agency have faced big challenges. The authors suggest that to make real progress, AI needs a new design that works together with humans in real-life situations to plan and act.