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community:leiden_hybrid_concepts-run4-c8-c6Speech acts in artificial agents
Examines how non-human agents can perform genuine speech acts through goal-relative cognition, bridging human and machine communication in multi-agent systems.
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- Elephant 2000: A Programming Language Based on Speech Acts4 members
- 2026-05-14_phil-trans-A-goodfire-aboutblank-impact.md1 member
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Claims (5)
- Elephant 2000 programs can perform some kinds of speech acts as genuinely as humans, including genuine promises.McCarthy's position against Searle: computers can genuinely promise without requiring Searle's conditions (e.g., belief that fulfillment benefits recipient).
- Many speech act properties are independent of whether the agent is human or machine.
- Many uses of speech acts do not require human-level intelligence for programs to perform them.Key contention of paper: Elephant 2000 can support varying levels of AI capability without requiring full human intelligence.
- Speech acts are necessary in common sense informatic situations where agents with different goals and knowledge interact.McCarthy's fundamental position: most important features of speech acts are independent of whether agents are human or machine.
- Cognitive agents categorize experiences by goal-relevance rather than veridical correspondence via telic states.