Agent Interactions
What national holiday was used to simulate emerging social behaviors?
Valentine's Day
What large language model was used in the agent architecture?
ChatGPT
This principle ensures that an automated system assists users only when necessary rather than overwhelming them.
What is selective automation?
Agents rely on this cognitive-like process to interpret observations and decide on actions.
What is perception-based reasoning?
Name one of the authors of the papers we read this week.
(1) Joon Sung Park, (2) Joseph C. O’Brien, (3) Carrie J. Cai, (4) Meredith Ringel Morris, (5) Percy Liang, (6) Michael S. Bernstein, (7) Eric Horvitz
True or false: agents can change the states of their environments in the experiment.
True
Each agent is initially defined in the sandbox as a paragraph written in natural language called a __?
Seed Memory
A good mixed-initiative interface should minimize this type of unnecessary disruption to users.
What is cognitive overload?
When agents communicate with one another, they use this structured exchange of information.
What is agent dialogue?
What video game did Denish reference in his response to the Generative Agents paper?
Hay Day
Agents in the sandbox interact with their world through their actions, and interact with other agents through __?
Natural Language
Name one common error that the agent simulations exhibited in the experiment (and where agents can plan their days).
(1) Agents don't recall the correct memories, (2) add embellishments to their memories, (3) overly formal speech from the LLM
To determine whether to intervene, mixed-initiative systems often rely on this branch of mathematics.
What is probability theory?
In AI systems, this principle prevents an agent from taking actions that contradict its previous behavior or objectives.
What is consistency enforcement?
Michael Bernstein received his PhD from this Boston school
What is MIT
To evaluate believability, the researchers crowd-sourced human evaluators from what crowd-sourcing platform?
Prolific
When perceiving observations in their environments, what core concept prevents agents from consecutively repeating the same actions?
Planning
One benefit of mixed-initiative interfaces is reducing the effort required for users to perform tasks, a principle known as this.
What is efficiency enhancement?
By analyzing previous experiences, agents can refine their decision-making over time using this approach.
What is reinforcement learning?
Name the exact title of one of the papers we read this week.
(1) Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior
(2) Principles of Mixed-Initiative User Interfaces
What are the two ways a user can interact with an agent?
1. As an interviewer
2. As the agent's "inner voice"
What three main components were used to simulate believable behavior in the agent architecture?
1. Memory Stream
2. Reflection
3. Planning
Adaptive automation relies on continuously adjusting assistance levels based on this aspect of user behavior.
What is real-time feedback?
This technique allows agents to predict the outcomes of their actions before executing them
What is forward modeling?
What is Michael Bernstein Professor of?
What is Computer Science