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| author | Lee, Suet Meertens, Nadine Milner, Emma Hauert, Sabine |
| author_facet | Lee, Suet Meertens, Nadine Milner, Emma Hauert, Sabine |
| contents | <p>Measuring awareness in artificial agents remains an unre-solved challenge. We argue that it holds untapped potential for enhanc-ing their design, control, and effectiveness. In this paper, we propose a novel and tractable approach to measure the impact of awareness on system performance, structured around distinct dimensions of awareness – temporal, spatial, metacognitive, self and agentive. Each dimension is linked to specific capacities and tasks. Specifically, we demonstrate our approach through a swarm robotics intralogistics scenario, where w eassesstheinfluenceoftwodimensionsofawareness–spatialandself–ontheperformanceoftheswarminacollectivetransporttask.Ourresultsrevealhowincreasedabilitiesalongtheseawarenessdimensionsaffectoverallswarmefficiency.Thisframeworkrepresentsaninitialsteptowardsquantifyingawarenessin,andacross,artificialsystems.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | A Framework for the Examination of Awareness in Artificial Systems Lee, Suet Meertens, Nadine Milner, Emma Hauert, Sabine <p>Measuring awareness in artificial agents remains an unre-solved challenge. We argue that it holds untapped potential for enhanc-ing their design, control, and effectiveness. In this paper, we propose a novel and tractable approach to measure the impact of awareness on system performance, structured around distinct dimensions of awareness – temporal, spatial, metacognitive, self and agentive. Each dimension is linked to specific capacities and tasks. Specifically, we demonstrate our approach through a swarm robotics intralogistics scenario, where w eassesstheinfluenceoftwodimensionsofawareness–spatialandself–ontheperformanceoftheswarminacollectivetransporttask.Ourresultsrevealhowincreasedabilitiesalongtheseawarenessdimensionsaffectoverallswarmefficiency.Thisframeworkrepresentsaninitialsteptowardsquantifyingawarenessin,andacross,artificialsystems.</p> |
| title | A Framework for the Examination of Awareness in Artificial Systems |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07448-5_2 |