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From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents

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Agent Autonomy

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In the paper we give a definition of autonomy that tries to answer to the main questions this concept brings with it. We also provide an operationalized notion of autonomy. In particular, we interpret autonomy as a concept strictly related with other relevant notions: dependence, delegation, awareness, predictability, automaticity. We analyze more deeply autonomy in collaboration, its relationships with control and finally, the modalities of its possible adjustments.

This paper has been partially funded by the European Project ALFEBIITE: IST-1999-10298; in part by the TICCA Project: joint research venture between the Italian National Research Council -CNR- and Provincia Autonoma di Trento; and in part by the Progetto MIUR 40% “Agenti software e commercio elettronico”.

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  1. Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies - National Research Council, Rome, Italy

    Cristiano Castelfranchi & Rino Falcone

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  1. University of Arkansas, Italy

    Henry Hexmoor

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Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R. (2003). From Automaticity to Autonomy: The Frontier of Artificial Agents. In: Hexmoor, H., Castelfranchi, C., Falcone, R. (eds) Agent Autonomy. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9198-0_6

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