NDLI: Cobot in LambdaMOO: An Adaptive Social Statistics Agent

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Isbell, Charles Lee Kearns, Michael Singh, Satinder Shelton, Christian R. Stone, Peter Kormann, Dave
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	We describe our development of Cobot, a novel software agent who lives in LambdaMOO, a popular virtual world frequented by hundreds of users. Cobot’s goal was to become an actual part of that community. Here, we present a detailed discussion of the functionality that made him one of the objects most frequently interacted with in LambdaMOO, human or artificial. Cobot’s fundamental power is that he has the ability to collect social statistics summarizing the quantity and quality of interpersonal interactions. Initially, Cobot acted as little more than a reporter of this information; however, as he collected more and more data, he was able to use these statistics as models that allowed him to modify his own behavior. In particular, cobot is able to use this data to “self-program,” learning the proper way to respond to the actions of individual users, by observing how others interact with one another. Further, Cobot uses reinforcement learning to proactively take action in this complex social environment, and adapts his behavior based on multiple sources of human reward. Cobot represents a unique experiment in building adaptive agents who must live in and navigate social spaces.
Starting Page	327
Ending Page	354
Page Count	28
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13872532
Journal	Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Volume Number	13
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15737454
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-05-10
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Reinforcement learning Social modeling Chat agents Autonomous agents Game theory Believable agents Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction Computing Methodologies Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Artificial Intelligence

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