Ecologically rational agency

Debenham, J; Sierra, C

Ecologically rational agency

Debenham, J Sierra, C

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Citation:: 2010, 331 AICT pp. 3 - 12
Issue Date:: 2010-09-30

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dc.contributor.author	Debenham, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sierra, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0839-6233	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-09-30	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2010, 331 AICT pp. 3 - 12	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	3642152856	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783642152856	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/14287
dc.description.abstract	The concept of dual rationality in human agents is well understood. It is significant in the work of the economist and Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek. In psychology Sigmund Freud described 'dual information processing'. More recently in cognitive science Daniel Levine has extensively studied the dual mechanisms in the human brain that handle these two forms of rationality. It is perhaps surprising that work in artificial intelligence has focussed heavily on Cartesian constructivist rationality (particularly on game theory, decision theory and logic) as humans deliberate using models based on reason for only a minute proportion of the decisions that they make. This paper aims to open discussion on ecological rationality in artificial, computerised agents, and to examine some of the issues in designing ecologically rational agents. © 2010 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-642-15286-3_1	en_US
dc.title	Ecologically rational agency	en_US
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utslib.citation.volume	331 AICT	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Software
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - AAI - Advanced Analytics Institute Research Centre
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Abstract:

The concept of dual rationality in human agents is well understood. It is significant in the work of the economist and Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek. In psychology Sigmund Freud described 'dual information processing'. More recently in cognitive science Daniel Levine has extensively studied the dual mechanisms in the human brain that handle these two forms of rationality. It is perhaps surprising that work in artificial intelligence has focussed heavily on Cartesian constructivist rationality (particularly on game theory, decision theory and logic) as humans deliberate using models based on reason for only a minute proportion of the decisions that they make. This paper aims to open discussion on ecological rationality in artificial, computerised agents, and to examine some of the issues in designing ecologically rational agents. © 2010 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

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