Social Intelligence Among Autonomous Agents

  • Authors:
  • Rosaria Conte

  • Affiliations:
  • Division of AI, Cognitive and Interaction Modelling—PSS (Project on Social Simulation), IP/Cnr, V.LE Marx 15-00137, Roma. rosaria@pscs2.irmkant.rm.cnr.it

  • Venue:
  • Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This paper presents a view of social intelligence as a multiple andinter-agent property. On one hand, some fundamental requisites for atheory of mind in society are presented in the paper. On the other,the role of objective social consequences of social action are arguedto multiply agents‘ mental properties. Starting from the problemsposed by social situatedness the main mental ingredients necessaryfor solving these problems are identified. After an operationaldefinition of a socially situated agent, a variety of tasks ordemands will be shown to impinge on socially situated agents. Thespecific cognitive requirements needed for individual agents toaccomplish these tasks will be identified. However, these cognitiverequirements are shown insufficient to answer the social demandspreviously identified. In particular, the effective execution ofindividual social action seems to produce a number of interestingsocial consequences which extend to and empower the individualaction. The follow-up hypothesis is that further cognitive propertiesconsequently arise at the individual level, and contribute toreproduce and reinforce multiple agents‘ intelligence.