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What sort of control system is able to have a personality?

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This paper outlines a design-based methodology for the study of mind as a part of the broad discipline of Artificial Intelligence. Within that framework some architectural requirements for human-like minds are discussed, and some preliminary suggestions made regarding mechanisms underlying motivation, emotions, and personality. A brief description is given of the ‘Nursemaid’ or ‘Minder’ scenario being used at the University of Birmingham as a framework for research on these problems. It may be possible later to combine some of these ideas with work on synthetic agents inhabiting virtual reality environments.

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Sloman, A. (1997). What sort of control system is able to have a personality?. In: Trappl, R., Petta, P. (eds) Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030576

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