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Despite long standing attention from research communities, the technology of intelligent agents still harbours a large amount of unrealised potential. In this text, we argue that agent technology can benefit from a shift in focus from presentation to possible functionalities. In doing this, our focus is on the provision of pro-activity: The ability of agents not to merely react but to predictively shape their environments. In order to illustrate our arguments, we present an instance of interactive technology, showing how pro-active intelligent agents can be employed in exhibition contexts.
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Wuttke, M., Heidt, M. (2014). Beyond Presentation - Employing Proactive Intelligent Agents as Social Catalysts. In: Kurosu, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques. HCI 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8511. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07230-2_18
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