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Private versus public: A dual model for resource-constrained conflict representations.
Simon DeDeo1,2
1Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15208, USA. sdedeo@andrew.cmu.edu.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|July 7, 2022
Summary
Pietraszewski's intuitive representation scheme may be best for agent communication. Internal resource constraints may favor other systems, potentially driving conflict between public and internal representations.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Communication Studies
- Information Theory
Background:
- Pietraszewski's representation scheme offers parsimony and intuition.
- Internal mental representations face resource constraints, favoring systems like sparse coding or compressed sensing.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the utility of Pietraszewski's representation scheme for understanding agent communication.
- To explore the role of internal representation efficiency in driving conflict.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of representation schemes.
- Theoretical modeling of agent communication and conflict.
Main Results:
- Pietraszewski's scheme is highly intuitive and parsimonious for public communication.
- Internal representations may employ resource-efficient methods (e.g., sparse coding) that differ from public schemes.
- The interplay between public and internal representations can lead to communication conflict.
Conclusions:
- Pietraszewski's scheme is valuable for studying the *communication* aspect of representations.
- Differences between efficient internal representations and parsimonious public representations are a potential source of conflict in agent interactions.
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