Intelligent agent

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An intelligent agent is an entity that perceives its environment, takes actions autonomously to achieve goals, and may improve its performance through by acquiring knowledge. Intelligent agents can range from simple to highly complex. A basic thermostat or control system is considered an intelligent agent, as is a human being, or any other system that meets the same criteria—such as a firm, a state, or a biome. In artificial intelligence, a specialized subset of intelligent agents, AI agents (also known as agentic AI) expand this concept by proactively pursuing goals, making decisions, and taking actions over extended periods. Intelligent agents operate based on an objective function, which encapsulates their goals. They are designed to create and execute plans that maximize the expected value of this function upon completion. For example, a reinforcement learning agent has a reward function, which allows programmers to shape its desired behavior. Similarly, an evolutionary algorithm's...

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