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When is it okay to lie? And what constitutes a lie, anyway? This paper examines the notion of lying in agent-based systems, focusing on dialogues and situations where it is acceptable for agents to utter locutions that contradict their beliefs. We examine situations in human and animal behavior where lying — acting or making statements that contradict one’s set of beliefs — is considered to be socially acceptable or even necessary for survival.
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Sklar, E., Parsons, S., Davies, M. (2005). When Is It Okay to Lie? A Simple Model of Contradiction in Agent-Based Dialogues. In: Rahwan, I., Moraïtis, P., Reed, C. (eds) Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems. ArgMAS 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 3366. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32261-0_17
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