When is it okay to lie? a simple model of contradiction in agent-based dialogues

Authors:
Elizabeth Sklar;Simon Parsons;Mathew Davies
Affiliations:
Dept of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY;Department of Computer and Information Science, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, NY;Dept of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
Venue:
ArgMAS'04 Proceedings of the First international conference on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
Year:
2004

Citing 8
Cited 3

Games That Agents Play: A Formal Framework for Dialogues between Autonomous Agents

Journal of Logic, Language and Information
Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles

Computer
Commands in Dialogue Logic

FAPR '96 Proceedings of the International Conference on Formal and Applied Practical Reasoning
Chance Discovery Using Dialectical Argumentation

Proceedings of the Joint JSAI 2001 Workshop on New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
A Dialogue Game Protocol for Agent Purchase Negotiations

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
On the outcomes of formal inter-agent dialogues

AAMAS '03 Proceedings of the second international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
SimEd: Simulating Education as a Multi Agent System

AAMAS '04 Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 3
Towards the Application of Argumentation-Based Dialogues for Education

AAMAS '04 Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 3

A logical account of lying

JELIA'10 Proceedings of the 12th European conference on Logics in artificial intelligence
How agents alter their beliefs after an argumentation-based dialogue

ArgMAS'05 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Argumentation in Multi-Agent Systems
Dishonest reasoning by abduction

IJCAI'11 Proceedings of the Twenty-Second international joint conference on Artificial Intelligence - Volume Volume Two

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

When is it okay to lie? And what constitutes a lie, anyway? This paper examines the notion of lying in agent-based systems, focusing on dialogues and situations where it is acceptable for agents to utter locutions that contradict their beliefs. We examine situations in human and animal behavior where lying — acting or making statements that contradict one’s set of beliefs — is considered to be socially acceptable or even necessary for survival.