Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Before you can define a layer, Hex — before you can talk about agents, dynamics, or physics at any induced scale — you have to carve the microstate. Cut it into pieces. Inside, boundary, outside.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Debate
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: One definition sits at the center of everything we've been discussing this series, Hex. T equals Π, L, F, B. Four symbols. Four components. Today we're putting each one under the microscope.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Tool spotlight
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: The Throw paper has a section called "the packaging engine," Hex. And it does something specific. It takes raw microstates and turns them into induced agent variables. Today we're walking through that engine step by step.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Agency & agenthood
• Format: Case study
• Complexity: Deep cut
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Hex, quick question. When someone outside this framework says "theory" — what do they usually mean?

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Story
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Five episodes in, Hex. We've walked through the stone-throwing motif, the agenthood-versus-agency split, causation inside a layer, and the evidence posture. Time to take stock. What did the Throw preprint actually add to the emergence calculus toolkit?

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Mini-lab
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Hex: Lux, there's a thing people assume about theory papers. The math does the heavy lifting, the definitions are self-evident, and evidence is someone else's job.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Mythbust
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Picture this, Hex. You're sitting in a car — steering wheel, pedals, gearshift, the whole setup. Looks like you're in the driver's seat.

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Agency & agenthood
• Format: Explainer
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Here's a question that trips up almost every conversation about agency. Ready?

Episode at a glance

• Series: Agency & agents
• Theme: Agency & agenthood
• Format: Concept interview
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: Throw