Volitional Agent

A Volitional Agent is an autonomous agent that can be used to create volitional agent systems (that support volitional agent tasks through purposive striving to decide and commit to a course of action).

• AKA: Intentional System, Willful Agent, Decision-Making Agent.
• Context:
  • It can typically execute Volitional Agent Decision Formation through volitional agent choice evaluation.
  • It can typically implement Volitional Agent Goal Commitment via volitional agent intention maintenance.
  • It can typically perform Volitional Agent Action Planning using volitional agent strategy development.
  • It can typically maintain Volitional Agent Motivation Management through volitional agent drive regulation.
  • It can typically conduct Volitional Agent Option Assessment via volitional agent alternative evaluation.
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  • It can often facilitate Volitional Agent Habit Formation through volitional agent behavioral automation.
  • It can often support Volitional Agent Conflict Resolution using volitional agent priority management.
  • It can often implement Volitional Agent Persistence Mechanisms via volitional agent commitment maintenance.
  • It can often handle Volitional Agent Adaptation Strategies through volitional agent environmental response.
  • It can often manage Volitional Agent Resource Allocation via volitional agent effort distribution.
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  • It can range from being an Intelligent Volitional Agent to being an Unintelligent Volitional Agent, depending on its volitional agent cognitive capability.
  • It can range from being a Conscious Volitional Agent to being an Unconscious Volitional Agent, depending on its volitional agent awareness level.
  • It can range from being a Simple Volitional Agent to being a Complex Volitional Agent, depending on its volitional agent decision sophistication.
  • It can range from being a Reactive Volitional Agent to being a Deliberative Volitional Agent, depending on its volitional agent planning depth.
  • It can range from being a Single-Goal Volitional Agent to being a Multi-Goal Volitional Agent, depending on its volitional agent objective complexity.
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  • It can integrate with Volitional Agent Decision Support Systems for volitional agent choice enhancement.
  • It can connect to Volitional Agent Motivation Frameworks for volitional agent drive management.
  • It can support Volitional Agent Performance Monitors for volitional agent effectiveness tracking.
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• Examples:
  • Biological Volitional Agents, such as:
    • Human Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Professional Human Volitional Agent for volitional agent career decision making.
      • Creative Human Volitional Agent for volitional agent artistic choice making.
      • Leadership Human Volitional Agent for volitional agent organizational decision making.
    • Animal Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Predator Volitional Agent for volitional agent hunting strategy selection.
      • Social Animal Volitional Agent for volitional agent group behavior coordination.
      • Migratory Animal Volitional Agent for volitional agent navigation decision making.
    • Collective Biological Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Swarm Volitional Agent for volitional agent collective movement decisions.
      • Pack Volitional Agent for volitional agent group hunting coordination.
      • Colony Volitional Agent for volitional agent resource allocation decisions.
  • Artificial Volitional Agents, such as:
    • AI-Based Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Autonomous Vehicle Volitional Agent for volitional agent navigation decision making.
      • Trading Algorithm Volitional Agent for volitional agent investment decision making.
      • Game AI Volitional Agent for volitional agent strategy selection.
    • Robotic Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Service Robot Volitional Agent for volitional agent task prioritization.
      • Exploration Robot Volitional Agent for volitional agent path selection.
      • Manufacturing Robot Volitional Agent for volitional agent process optimization.
    • Software Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Personal Assistant Volitional Agent for volitional agent user preference management.
      • Resource Management Volitional Agent for volitional agent allocation optimization.
      • Security Monitoring Volitional Agent for volitional agent threat response selection.
  • Organizational Volitional Agents, such as:
    • Corporate Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Executive Team Volitional Agent for volitional agent strategic decision making.
      • Board of Directors Volitional Agent for volitional agent governance decision making.
      • Management Committee Volitional Agent for volitional agent operational decision making.
    • Government Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Legislative Body Volitional Agent for volitional agent policy decision making.
      • Regulatory Agency Volitional Agent for volitional agent compliance decision making.
      • Judicial System Volitional Agent for volitional agent legal decision making.
  • Hybrid Volitional Agents, such as:
    • Human-AI Collaborative Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Augmented Decision Making Volitional Agent for volitional agent enhanced choice making.
      • Semi-Autonomous System Volitional Agent for volitional agent shared control.
      • Advisory System Volitional Agent for volitional agent decision support.
    • Multi-Agent Volitional Agents, such as:
      • Distributed Decision Making Volitional Agent for volitional agent collaborative choice making.
      • Competitive Agent Volitional Agent for volitional agent strategic interaction.
      • Consensus-Building Volitional Agent for volitional agent agreement formation.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Reactive Systems, which lack volitional agent deliberative decision making.
  • Deterministic Algorithms, which lack volitional agent choice flexibility.
  • Plants, which lack volitional agent intentional action.
  • Passive Storage Systems, which lack volitional agent autonomous behavior.
• See: Autonomous Agent, Decision Making System, Purposive Striving, Cognitive Agent, Intentional System.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition_(psychology) Retrieved:2015-1-1.
  • Volition or will is the cognitive process by which an individual decides on and commits to a particular course of action. It is defined as purposive striving and is one of the primary human psychological functions. Others include affection (affect or feeling), motivation (goals and expectations), and cognition (thinking). Volitional processes can be applied consciously or they can be automatized as habits over time.

    Most modern conceptions of volition address it as a process of conscious action control which becomes automatized (e.g. see Heckhausen and Kuhl; Gollwitzer; Boekaerts and Corno).

2014

• (Brooks, 2014) ⇒ Rodney Brooks. (2014). “Artificial Intelligence is a Tool, Not a Threat.” In: Rethinking Robotics Journal, November 10, 2014.
  • QUOTE: ... distinguishing the difference between the very real recent advances in a particular aspect of AI, and the enormity and complexity of building sentient volitional intelligence. ... AI over the next thirty years with the intentionality of a lizard, ...

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