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Agent replacement: the process of retiring an existing

Agent replacement: the process of retiring an existing cognitive agent and building a new one from scratch, ending the old agent's identity while designing something fresh informed by learned lessons but unconstrained by previous design decisions

Why This Is a Definition

This definition establishes the precise semantic boundary of 'agent replacement' by specifying its genus (process of retiring and rebuilding cognitive agents) and differentia (ending old identity, building from scratch, designing fresh while informed by lessons). It clearly distinguishes this from evolution and defines the key characteristic of replacement: discarding the old identity while maintaining the functional goal.

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Agent evolution versus agent replacement

Sometimes you should improve an existing agent; sometimes you should replace it entirely.

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AxiomExponential Information Decay AxiomExtended Cognition Thesis AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource AxiomHindsight Bias and Calibration Necessity AxiomHabits as Context-Response Associations AxiomIllusion of Explanatory Depth AxiomExpertise Transforms Perceptual Chunking AxiomComplementary Learning Systems Architecture AxiomCognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance AxiomConversational Memory Asymmetry From Production Planning AxiomPatterns Exist in Hierarchical Logical Levels AxiomPerceptual Plasticity Through Training AxiomSystematic Overconfidence Taxonomy AxiomEmotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator AxiomNatural Frequency Format Advantage AxiomBias Blind Spot Asymmetry AxiomBelief Perseverance Against Contradictory Evidence AxiomScientific Paradigms Are Incommensurable AxiomCognition Operates Through Dual Processing Systems AxiomMental States Are Cognitively Imputable AxiomHierarchical Chunking Expands Capacity AxiomBasic-Level Category Privilege AxiomConstrual Level Effects on Perception AxiomPiagetian Equilibration Through Schema Dynamics AxiomPeople interpret failure as either evidence about their AxiomHumans acquire new behavioral patterns through observational AxiomCatastrophic failures in complex systems rarely result from AxiomWhen estimating future task duration, people naturally adopt AxiomExpert performance in complex domains requires deliberate AxiomRegulatory flexibility—the ability to shift between

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