Delayed mediational processes can generate agency
By telling ourselves we've made choices, we make ourselves agents. Free will occurs when decision-making processes are delayed to allow more alternatives to be tested. Systems capable of delayed decision making have as much free will/agency as we do.
Hence any computer system with those procesess can be said to have agency.

Marvin Minsky (1986), as articulated by Joseph Rychlak (1991).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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Symbol systems can't think dialectically »Symbol systems can't think dialectically
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Symbol systems can't exhibit agency »Symbol systems can't exhibit agency
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Delayed mediational processes can generate agency
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Delaying action provides us with free will »Delaying action provides us with free will
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Agency is due predication and choice »Agency is due predication and choice
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