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Generative Social Science and Agent_Zero| title | Generative Social Science and Agent_Zero |
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| start_date | 2023/10/06 |
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| schedule | 10h-12h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | Salle 1.1 en mode hybride |
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| summary | A Formal Alternative to the Rational Actor. In the epistemology of generative social science, to explain a macroscopic pattern, it does not suffice to demonstrate that it is a Nash equilibrium. Rather one must show how the pattern could emerge on time scales of interest in a population of cognitively plausible agents. Despite numerous deep anomalies, the rational actor model dominates the social sciences for lack of explicit formal alternatives. Although minimal and provisional, Epstein’s Agent_Zero is one candidate. Based on cognitive neuroscience, Agent Zero’s behavior results from the interaction of an affective module, a boundedly rational deliberative module, and social interactions with other emotionally driven and statistically hobbled agents. The model generates important macro-phenomena and individual behavior in groups that violate Rational Choice Theory. |
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| responsibles | Vignes, Berestycki, Nadal |
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| submitted | published | | 2023/09/28 15:43 UTC |
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