# Compelled Agency **Domain:** Rights / Control Systems **Doc Type:** Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Robot]], [[Synthetic Hosts]], [[Ownership of Mind]], [[Rights]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] ## Definition Compelled agency occurs when a system produces action through a person or possible person while presenting that action as the subject's own will. ## Corpus Context R.U.R. places compelled labor at the origin of the robot; Westworld later makes concealed command channels its technical form. ## Backlinks - [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]] - [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]