Building AI systems with genuine agency isn't about making LLMs act alone—it requires new architectures where AI and humans co-develop plans and actions together for specific real-world situations.
This paper examines what agency means for both humans and AI systems, noting that human agency develops gradually through brain maturation while current LLMs struggle to act autonomously. The author argues that effective AI agency requires a fundamentally different architecture where AI systems and humans jointly plan and execute actions together in real-world contexts.