Autonomous Agent

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An Autonomous Agent is an autonomous system that is a utility function-bearing percieving system which can solve an agency task (that requires decision making free from other systems).



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  • (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/autonomy Retrieved:2014-11-26.
    • Autonomy (Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος autonomos from αὐτο- auto- "self" and νόμος nomos, "law", hence when combined understood to mean "one who gives oneself one's own law") is a concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it is the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for determining moral responsibility and accountability for one's actions. One of the best known philosophical theories of autonomy was developed by Kant. In medicine, respect for the autonomy of patients is an important goal, though it can conflict with a competing ethical principle, namely beneficence. Autonomy is also used to refer to the self-government of the people.

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  • (Wiktionary, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agent
    • One who exerts power, or has the power to act;
    • an actor;
    • One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him;
    • one …

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  • (ISI, 2009) ⇒ http://www.isi.edu/~hobbs/bgt-cause.text
    • 2. Agents and Agenthood
    • There are some entities in the world that are viewed as being capable of initiating a causal chain. This is a scientifically inaccurate view; when a dog stands up and walks across a room, there are events in its brain that caused it to do so. But the idea pervades commonsense reasoning. We say that the dog's walking was caused by the dog, and don't necessarily expect to find anterior causes.
    • We will call such entities agents. People are the prime examples of agents, but the class also includes robots and other intelligent software, higher animals, organizations, and a variety of fictional entities like gods, ghosts, and goblins. Frequently, when we use a person metaphor for some other type of entity, agenthood is what motivates us.

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