Volitional Agent
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A Volitional Agent is an autonomous agent that can perform purposive striving (decide and commit to a course of action).
- AKA: Intentional System.
- Context:
- It can range from being an Intelligent Volitional System to being an Unintelligent Volitional System.
- Example(s):
- a Prey Fish when stalking on another.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Plant.
- See: Purposive Striving, Volition, Autonomous Agent, Cognitive Process, Decision Making, Motivation, Cognition, Habit (Psychology).
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).
- 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.
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, ...