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The purpose of this Chapter is to set concrete grounds for two arguments. The first in favor of approaching the notion of sapient systems from the unlikely perspective of stupidity. The second, in favor of paying serious attention to the environment where agents endowed with decision autonomy—be they sapient, human or otherwise—interact. Although the paper is ostensibly speculative, some concrete elements are advanced to substantiate both arguments.
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Noriega, P. (2008). Sapients in a Sandbox. In: Mayorga, R.V., Perlovsky, L.I. (eds) Toward Artificial Sapience. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-999-6_7
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