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Agency, the capacity to proactively shape events, is central to how humans interact and collaborate. While LLMs are being developed to simulate human behavior and serve as human-like agents, little attention has been given to the Agency…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Ashish Sharma , Sudha Rao , Chris Brockett , Akanksha Malhotra , Nebojsa Jojic , Bill Dolan

Recent advances in large language models have sparked growing interest in AI agents capable of solving complex, real-world tasks. However, most existing agent systems rely on manually crafted configurations that remain static after…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Jinyuan Fang , Yanwen Peng , Xi Zhang , Yingxu Wang , Xinhao Yi , Guibin Zhang , Yi Xu , Bin Wu , Siwei Liu , Zihao Li , Zhaochun Ren , Nikos Aletras , Xi Wang , Han Zhou , Zaiqiao Meng

This paper explores the intersection of quantum computing and agentic AI by examining how quantum technologies can enhance the capabilities of autonomous agents, and, conversely, how agentic AI can support the advancement of quantum…

In this paper we present a computational modeling account of an active self in artificial agents. In particular we focus on how an agent can be equipped with a sense of control and how it arises in autonomous situated action and, in turn,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Sebastian Kahl , Sebastian Wiese , Nele Russwinkel , Stefan Kopp

Future intelligent system will involve very various types of artificial agents, such as mobile robots, smart home infrastructure or personal devices, which share data and collaborate with each other to execute certain tasks.Designing an…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-10-29 Chao Wang , Stephan Hasler , Manuel Muehlig , Frank Joublin , Antonello Ceravola , Joerg Deigmoeller , Lydia Fischer

We argue that accountability mechanisms are needed in human-AI agent relationships to ensure alignment with user and societal interests. We propose a framework according to which AI agents' engagement is conditional on appropriate user…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Benjamin Lange , Geoff Keeling , Arianna Manzini , Amanda McCroskery

An ethical value-action gap exists when there is a discrepancy between intentions and actions. This discrepancy may be caused by social and structural obstacles as well as cognitive biases. Computational models of cognition and affect can…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Catriona M. Kennedy

The search for information on the web is faced with several problems, which arise on the one hand from the vast number of available sources, and on the other hand from their heterogeneity. A promising approach is the use of multi-agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 T. Eiter , M. Fink , G. Sabbatini , H. Tompits

Inspired by the increased cooperation between humans and autonomous systems, we present a new hybrid systems framework capturing the interconnected dynamics underlying these interactions. The framework accommodates models arising from both…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Daniel A. Williams , Airlie Chapman , Chris Manzie

The feasibility of autonomous artificial thinking systems needs to compare the way the human beings acquire their information and develops the thought with the current capacities of the autonomous information systems. Our model uses four…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Joël Colloc

As complex societal issues continue to emerge, fostering democratic skills like valuing diverse perspectives and collaborative decision-making is increasingly vital in education. In this paper, we propose a Peer Agent (PA) system designed…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Kyuwon Kim , Jaeryeong Hwang , Younseo Lee , Jeanhee Lee , Sung-Eun Kim , Hyo-Jeong So

Several approaches have been developed for answering users' specific questions about AI behavior and for assessing their core functionality in terms of primitive executable actions. However, the problem of summarizing an AI agent's broad…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Pulkit Verma , Shashank Rao Marpally , Siddharth Srivastava

Software engineering (SE) requires developers to collaborate with stakeholders, and understanding their emotions and perspectives is often vital. Empathy is a concept characterising a person's ability to understand and share the feelings of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Hashini Gunatilake , John Grundy , Rashina Hoda , Ingo Mueller

As full AI-based automation remains out of reach in most real-world applications, the focus has instead shifted to leveraging the strengths of both human and AI agents, creating effective collaborative systems. The rapid advances in this…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Steffen Holter , Mennatallah El-Assady

Remarkable advancements in modern generative foundation models have enabled the development of sophisticated and highly capable autonomous agents that can observe their environment, invoke tools, and communicate with other agents to solve…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Gagan Bansal , Jennifer Wortman Vaughan , Saleema Amershi , Eric Horvitz , Adam Fourney , Hussein Mozannar , Victor Dibia , Daniel S. Weld

Mental models play an important role in whether user interaction with intelligent systems, such as dialog systems is successful or not. Adaptive dialog systems present the opportunity to align a dialog agent's behavior with heterogeneous…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Lindsey Vanderlyn , Dirk Väth , Ngoc Thang Vu

A key challenge in non-cooperative multi-agent systems is that of developing efficient planning algorithms for intelligent agents to interact and perform effectively among boundedly rational, self-interested agents (e.g., humans). The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-04-19 Trong Nghia Hoang , Kian Hsiang Low

Adjustable autonomy refers to entities dynamically varying their own autonomy, transferring decision-making control to other entities (typically agents transferring control to human users) in key situations. Determining whether and when…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-06-24 D. V. Pynadath , P. Scerri , M. Tambe

Despite the intricacies involved in designing a computer as a teampartner, we can observe patterns in team behavior which allow us to describe at a general level how AI systems are to collaborate with humans. Whereas most work on…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-18 Jurriaan van Diggelen , Wiard Jorritsma , Bob van der Vecht

The recent rapid advancements in artificial intelligence research and deployment have sparked more discussion about the potential ramifications of socially- and emotionally-intelligent AI. The question is not if research can produce such…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Desmond C. Ong