227 research outputs found
Norms and accountability in multi-agent societies
No full textIt is argued that norms are best understood as classes of constraints on practical reasoning,
which an agent may consult either to select appropriate goals or commitments according to
the circumstances, or to construct a discursive justification for a course of action after the event.
We also discuss the question of how norm-conformance can be enforced in an open agent society,
arguing that some form of peer pressure is needed in open agent societies lacking
universally-recognised rules or any accepted authority structure. The paper includes formal
specifications of some data structures that may be employed in reasoning about normative agents
Rodger Kamenetz, 33rd Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textRodger Kamenetz is an award-winning poet and author. He wrote the international bestseller The Jew in the Lotus and the National Jewish Book Award-winning Stalking Elijah. His five books of poetry include The Lowercase Jew. Kamenetz has been called “the most formidable of the Jewish-American poets.” His latest book, The History of Last Night’s Dream, was featured on Oprah Winfrey’s Soul Series
About the Author - from Counseling and the Demonic
No full textAbout the Author from Counseling and the Demonic by Rodger K Buffor
On acid drops and teardrops:observer issues in computational creativity
No full textWe argue that the notion of creativity in a person or software is a secondary and essentially contested concept. Hence, in Computational Creativity research - where we aim to build software taken seriously as independently creative - understanding the roles people take as process observer and product consumer is paramount. Depending on the domain, there can be a natural bias against software created artefacts, and Computational Creativity researchers have exacerbated this situation through Turing-style comparison tests. Framing this as a modified Chinese Room experiment, We propose two remedies to the situation. These involve software accounting for its decisions, actions and products, and taking the radical step of thinking of computer generated artefacts as fundamentally different to their human-produced counterparts. We use two case studies, where people interact with an automated painter and with computer-generated videogames, to highlight the observer issues we raise, and to demonstrate partial implementations of our remedies
A Reformation of Rule 2 of Centering Theory
No full text The standard preference ordering on the well-known centering transitions Continue, Retain, Shift is argued to be unmotivated: a partial, context-dependent ordering emerges from the interaction between principles dubbed cohesion (maintaining the same center of attention) and salience (realizing the center of attention as the most prominent NP). A new formulation of Rule 2 of centering theory is proposed that incorporates these principles as well as a streamlined version of Strube and Hahn's (1999) notion of cheapness. It is argued that this formulation provides a natural way to handle “topic switches” that appear to violate the canonical preference ordering. </jats:p
Speech Acts, commitment and multi-agent communication
No full textThe principle aim of this paper is to reconsider the suitability of Austin and Searle’s Speech Act theory as a basis for agent communication languages. Two distinct computational interpretations of speech acts are considered: the standard “mentalistic” approach associated with the work of Cohen and Levesque which involves attributing beliefs and intentions to artificial agents, and the “social semantics” approach originating (in the context of MAS) with Singh which aims to model commitments that agents undertake as a consequence of communicative actions. Modifications and extensions are proposed to current commitment-based analyses, drawing on recent philosophical studies by Brandom, Habermas and Heath. A case is made for adopting Brandom’s framework of normative pragmatics, modelling dialogue states as deontic scoreboards which keep track of commitments and entitlements that speakers acknowledge and hearers attribute to other interlocutors. The paper concludes by outlining an update semantics and protocol for selected locutions
Book Review: Military Culture Shift: The Impact of War, Money, and Generational Perspective on Morale, Retention, and Leadership
No full textAuthor: Corie Weathers
Reviewed by Rodger M. Kissane, graduate student, College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University
Rodger M. Kissane provides a thoughtful review of this important book on “bridging and even transcending generational differences” in the US military. Kissane highlights author Corie Weathers’s “insightful . . . recognition that each generation imprints itself upon the institution in ways that reflect their life experiences.” He also outlines the book’s relevance to leaders in that Weathers addresses “ ‘messy dynamics’ leaders confront in synthesizing . . . various perspectives, ideals, and values.”https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1045/thumbnail.jp
Towards a Dynamic Logic of Gradual Normativity and Norm Adherence
No full textNorms and accountability in multi-agent societies Authors: Kibble, Rodger Norms and plans as unification criteria for social collective
Ode to Summer Infant Duo by Deanna Rodger: Poem : Guide
No full textDesigned to be used before or after watching Poetry in Action: The Recital, this guide offers a print version of the poem for Deanna Rodger's 'Ode to Summer Infant Duo'.Designed to be used before or after watching Poetry in Action: The Recital, this guide offers a print version of the poem for Deanna Rodger's 'Ode to Summer Infant Duo'.Description based on online resource; title from title screen (Digital Theatre+, viewed April 29, 2022
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