@article{aquantifiableinformationprocessinghierar,
  title = {A Quantifiable Information-Processing Hierarchy Provides a Necessary Condition for Detecting Agency},
  author = {Brett J. Kagan and Valentina Baccetti and Brian D. Earp and J. Lomax Boyd and Julian Savulescu and Adeel Razi},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2601.03498},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03498},
}