Monday, January 02, 2006
A Vision of Consumer Applications of Software Agent Technology
Agtivity | A Vision of Consumer Applications of Software Agent Technology: "Introduction
Software agent technology has been an active field of research for more than a decade. Although there have been limited applications of the technology for consumer use, deeper success has been achieved in industrial applications. There have been numerous false starts to commercialize agent technology on a wide spread basis, including for consumers, but alas the hype has greatly exceeded both the capabilities of off-the-shelf technology and our own abilities. With every passing year we remain on the cusp of finally breaking out and fielding the kind of technological breakthroughs which will finally make the consumer application of software agent technology a reality.
Please note that the intention of this vision of software agent technology is not to turn the computer into a human-like robot, but simply to enable the computer as a competent assistant in the lives of consumers. The goal is not to pursue artificial intelligence per se, but to incorporate those aspects of AI which relate to agency, where the consumer decides what responsibilities to delegate and is the controlling authority for goals to be pursued by software agents.
The focus of this vision is not to preview the totality of consumer applications that could be constructed, but to establish a base vision upon which consumer applications can then be envisioned. Alternatively, this vision can be considered as the model for a platform upon which consumer applications can be built.
Central to a new wave of consumer-oriented computing is support for interactions that are based on higher-level knowledge rather than simply moving information from one location to another. The goal of using software agent technology is to enable knowledge-based computing."
Software agent technology has been an active field of research for more than a decade. Although there have been limited applications of the technology for consumer use, deeper success has been achieved in industrial applications. There have been numerous false starts to commercialize agent technology on a wide spread basis, including for consumers, but alas the hype has greatly exceeded both the capabilities of off-the-shelf technology and our own abilities. With every passing year we remain on the cusp of finally breaking out and fielding the kind of technological breakthroughs which will finally make the consumer application of software agent technology a reality.
Please note that the intention of this vision of software agent technology is not to turn the computer into a human-like robot, but simply to enable the computer as a competent assistant in the lives of consumers. The goal is not to pursue artificial intelligence per se, but to incorporate those aspects of AI which relate to agency, where the consumer decides what responsibilities to delegate and is the controlling authority for goals to be pursued by software agents.
The focus of this vision is not to preview the totality of consumer applications that could be constructed, but to establish a base vision upon which consumer applications can then be envisioned. Alternatively, this vision can be considered as the model for a platform upon which consumer applications can be built.
Central to a new wave of consumer-oriented computing is support for interactions that are based on higher-level knowledge rather than simply moving information from one location to another. The goal of using software agent technology is to enable knowledge-based computing."
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