Is It an agent, or just a program?: A taxonomy for autonomous agents
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Autonomous agents have long been a topic in the artificial intelligence literature.
“With respect to the third question (who is in charge), we note that autonomous agents have long been a topic in the artificial intelligence literature more broadly [41].”
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“While LLMs do not fulfill every criterion of full autonomy [19], they can be readily embedded into environments where they sense, act, and pursue externally defined goals, thus becoming functional autonomous agents [20].”
- Authors
- Franklin, S., & Graesser, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Memphis (US)
- ORCID
- Franklin, Stan
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 21-35
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W2096178388
- Cited by
- 2,286
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 41 · 2025: 64 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 47 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 64 · 2018: 79 · 2017: 65 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 62 · 2014: 80 · 2013: 85 · 2012: 92
- FWCI
- 68.64
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Keywords
- software agents, autonomous agents, natural kinds, sub-agents, multi-agent systems
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