Multi-Agent Empowerment and Emergence of Complex Behavior in Groups
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arXiv:2604.21155v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Intrinsic motivations are receiving increasing attention, i.e. behavioral incentives that are not engineered, but emerge from the interaction of an agent with its surroundings. In this work we study the emergence of behaviors driven by one such incentive, empowerment, specifically in the context of more than one agent. We formulate a principled extension of empowerment to the multi-agent setting, and demonstrate its efficient calculation. We observe that this intrinsic motivation gives rise to characteristic modes of group-organization in two
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2604.21155v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Intrinsic motivations are receiving increasing attention, i.e.
- behavioral incentives that are not engineered, but emerge from the interaction of an agent with its surroundings.
- In this work we study the emergence of behaviors driven by one such incentive, empowerment, specifically in the context of more than one agent.
Why it matters
“Multi-Agent Empowerment and Emergence of Complex Behavior in Groups” highlights the need for repeatable measurement rather than a single impressive demonstration. Independent validation across datasets and clearly stated limitations determine whether a result can guide product decisions.
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