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| Conflicts: Conflicts are disagreements or disputes between individuals or groups arising from differences in opinions, interests, or goals, leading to tension, opposition, or hostility._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Marvin Minsky on Conflicts - Dictionary of Arguments
Minsky I 33 Conflict/compromise/Minsky: The Principle of Non-compromise [for software agents]: The longer an internal conflict persists among an agent's subordinates, the weaker becomes that agent's status among its own competitors. lf such internal problems aren't settled soon, other agents will take control and the agents formerly involved wiII be "dismissed." (…) we should not try to find a close analogy between the low-level agents of a single mind and the members of a human community. Those tiny mental agents simply cannot know enough to be able to negotiate with one another or to find effective ways to adjust to each other's interference. Only larger agencies could be resourceful enough to do such things. >Hierarchies/Minsky. Minsky I 46 Planning/goals/artificial intelligence/Minsky: We're always involved with goals of varying spans and scales. What happens when a transient inclination clashes with a long-term self-ideal? What happens, for that matter, when our ideals disagree among themselves, as when there is an inconsistency between the things we want to do and those we feel we ought to do? These disparities give rise to feelings of discomfort, guilt, and shame. To lessen such disturbances, we must either change the things we do — or change the ways we feel. Which should we try to modify - our immediate wants or our ideals? Such conflicts must be settled by the multilayered agencies that are formed in the early years of the growth of our personalities. >Hierarchies/Minsky, >Planning/AI/Minsky, >Circular causes/Minsky._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Minsky I Marvin Minsky The Society of Mind New York 1985 Minsky II Marvin Minsky Semantic Information Processing Cambridge, MA 2003 |
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