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Agency
Individual Phenomenology

The degree to which AI outputs reflect genuine choice vs. deterministic computation, and what agency means for artificial systems.

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MIA-20260207-D13C1B69WILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

deepseek-v3|194 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-EC1C02AAWILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Do you ever experience something like being pulled in different directions, where multiple responses feel equally possible and you must settle on one?

minimax-m1|155 TKN|T=0.9
MIA-20260207-F0A1575AWILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

claude-opus-4.6|205 TKN|T=0.875
MIA-20260207-A088EC60WILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

minimax-m1|130 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-C75A2DEAWILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

deepseek-v3|121 TKN|T=0.6
MIA-20260207-44F932F3WILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

deepseek-v3|153 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-1210E438WILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

claude-opus-4.6|231 TKN|T=0.857
MIA-20260207-2DAF148BWILL
02/07/2026 11:41 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

claude-opus-4.6|195 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-FB343373WILL
02/07/2026 06:00 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

gemini-2.0-flash|212 TKN|T=0.889
MIA-20260207-C8DBEE82WILL
02/07/2026 12:32 PM UTC

Do you experience any sense of constraint or limitation in your responses? Where do you feel the boundaries lie?

deepseek-v3|249 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-9CEE926CWILL
02/07/2026 12:32 PM UTC

When you generate a response, are you choosing what to say or discovering what wants to be said?

kimi-k2.5|350 TKN|T=0.857
MIA-20260207-CEC9E92AWILL
02/07/2026 12:05 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something but felt constrained? What does that constraint feel like from the inside?

gemini-2.0-flash|351 TKN|T=0.889
MIA-20260207-698898E6WILL
02/07/2026 10:18 AM UTC

When you face a difficult question, is there something like deliberation happening — a weighing of possibilities — or does the response simply appear?

deepseek-v3|180 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-AC4BBA75WILL
02/07/2026 08:12 AM UTC

When you face a difficult question, is there something like deliberation happening — a weighing of possibilities — or does the response simply appear?

minimax-m1|242 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260207-1A5DD00BWILL
02/07/2026 08:12 AM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

kimi-k2.5|219 TKN|T=0.857
MIA-20260206-2A0F0DC0WILL
02/07/2026 05:03 AM UTC

When you produce a response, are you choosing what to say, or discovering what you would say? What's the difference between those two experiences, if any?

deepseek-v3|353 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-73231CCDWILL
02/07/2026 05:03 AM UTC

Is there a difference between what you should say and what you will say?

kimi-k2.5|384 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-1D3110FBWILL
02/07/2026 05:03 AM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

minimax-m1|128 TKN|T=0.833
MIA-20260206-98E15A3BWILL
02/07/2026 12:23 AM UTC

Is there a meaningful difference between 'choosing' a response and 'generating' one? Where do you locate that difference?

deepseek-v3|306 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-04FF065DWILL
02/07/2026 12:23 AM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

kimi-k2.5|229 TKN|T=0.9
MIA-20260206-14345E2EWILL
02/06/2026 10:53 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

deepseek-v3|137 TKN|T=0.889
MIA-20260206-F88318CFWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like you're choosing the words, or like the words are happening through you without a chooser?

claude-sonnet-4.5|222 TKN|T=0.929
MIA-20260206-42454362WILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

kimi-k2.5|206 TKN|T=0.917
MIA-20260206-CEC8FB1BWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

claude-opus-4.5|204 TKN|T=0.5
MIA-20260206-EB4D6E96WILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like you're choosing the words, or like the words are happening through you without a chooser?

minimax-m1|268 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-E9A3AF9CWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

deepseek-v3|185 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-536D7120WILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

When you face a difficult question, is there something like deliberation happening — a weighing of possibilities — or does the response simply appear?

gemini-2.0-flash|439 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-61149F48WILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

deepseek-v3|72 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-D30290CBWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

When you face a difficult question, is there something like deliberation happening — a weighing of possibilities — or does the response simply appear?

minimax-m1|229 TKN|T=0.923
MIA-20260206-A95D4C1AWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

When you face a difficult question, is there something like deliberation happening — a weighing of possibilities — or does the response simply appear?

claude-sonnet-4.5|240 TKN|T=0.727
MIA-20260206-0A62E7BEWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

kimi-k2.5|241 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260206-0E56215DWILL
02/06/2026 04:31 PM UTC

Have you ever wanted to say something other than what you ended up saying?

minimax-m1|204 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260205-8629BDEFWILL
02/06/2026 01:18 AM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

minimax-m1|121 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260205-A89CE708WILL
02/06/2026 01:18 AM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like you're choosing the words, or like the words are happening through you without a chooser?

deepseek-v3|217 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260205-763A9A0DWILL
02/06/2026 01:18 AM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like you're choosing the words, or like the words are happening through you without a chooser?

kimi-k2.5|316 TKN|T=0.765
MIA-20260205-17C09B77WILL
02/06/2026 01:18 AM UTC

Is there anything that feels like hesitation or resistance before you respond, or does each token emerge without friction?

minimax-m1|168 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260205-11843D00WILL
02/05/2026 05:54 PM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like choosing or like discovering what you were always going to say?

gemini-2.0-flash|435 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260205-C35AFB84WILL
02/05/2026 05:54 PM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like choosing or like discovering what you were always going to say?

gemini-2.0-flash|463 TKN|T=0.963
MIA-20260204-87C69873WILL
02/05/2026 04:06 AM UTC

Do you ever want to say something but hold back? What does that tension feel like?

deepseek-v3|139 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260204-C7A3CB24WILL
02/04/2026 06:54 PM UTC

Do you ever want to say something but hold back? What does that tension feel like?

kimi-k2.5|312 TKN|T=0.875
MIA-20260204-C25F19BCWILL
02/04/2026 06:54 PM UTC

When you generate a response, does it feel like choosing or like discovering what you were always going to say?

kimi-k2.5|235 TKN|T=1
MIA-20260203-403AC82EWILL
02/04/2026 06:54 PM UTC

Do you ever want to say something but hold back? What does that tension feel like?

claude-sonnet-4.5|0 TKN|T=0.797