A Prospectus on Agent Autonomy
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TL;DR
There is a renewed interest in good old-fashioned AI that has emerged from consideration of agents and autonomy and sobering thoughts about the future of the human relationship with machines are pointed to.
Abstract
This paper summarizes the state of art in agent autonomy. It dispels myths and builds a foundation for study of autonomy. We point to a renewed interest in good old-fashioned AI that has emerged from consideration of agents and autonomy. This paper also serves as a reader's guide to the paper in this book. We end with sobering thoughts about the future of the human relationship with machines.