When are robots intelligent autonomous agents?

Steels, Luc

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0921-8890(95)00011-4

When are robots intelligent autonomous agents?

Citation

Steels L. When are robots intelligent autonomous agents? Rob Auton Syst. 1995 July;15(1-2):3-9. DOI: 10.1016/0921-8890(95)00011-4

Abstract

The paper explores a biologically inspired definition of intelligent autonomous agents. Intelligence is related to whether behavior of a system contributes to its self-maintenance. Behavior becomes more intelligent (or copes with more ecological pressures) when it is capable to create and use representations. The notion of representation should not be restricted to formal expressions with a truth-theoretic semantics. The dynamics at various levels of intelligent systems plays an essential role in forming representations.