Designing for surprise

  • Authors:

  • Telmo Menezes;Ernesto Costa

  • Affiliations:

  • Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra;Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra

  • Venue:
  • ECAL'07 Proceedings of the 9th European conference on Advances in artificial life
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

We propose a theoretical framework for the design of multiagent systems with the capacity to surprise a human observer. Reasons for the difficulty in creating simulations capable of perpetual innovation are addressed. Artificial life concepts and biological inspiration from different abstraction layers serve as base for a three part model. These parts are: world modelling with artificial chemistries, agent brains and population dynamics. The parts of the model are theoretically discussed and some academic examples provided. Possible applications to biological research in the problem of speciation are considered.