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 ======Models of Social Intelligence======
-Part of [[Project Lirec]]: Notes (and bits pasted) from Deliverable 5.1
+Part of [[Project Lirec]]: Notes (and bits pasted) from Deliverable 5.1 (needs tidying up)
 An understanding of social intelligence is needed for creating agents capable of long term companionship with humans.
 =====Social Intelligence in Humans=====
+What is social intelligence?
   * Begins in childhood with attachment and love for caregivers
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   * Relationships grow and fade as time passes
-A long term companion needs to apply the same strategies for creating and maintaining relationships if it's to be effective.
+A long term artificial companion needs to apply the same strategies for creating and maintaining relationships if it's to be effective.
 =====Emotions and personality=====
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 Emotions and personality need to be expressed for people to gain an empathic relation with an agent.
-  * Disney animation
+  * Disney animation has been used as an example in research.
-  * Actions -> Feelings -> Personality and emotional state
+  * The theory is that actions lead to feelings, which lead to personality and perceived emotional state
-Companions need to have a consistent personality to maintain long term relationships.
+Companions need to have a consistent personality if they are to maintain long term relationships.
 =====Theory of mind=====
-A theory of mind is a model of a users emotional state, gained by measuring affective state from sensor input. In this way an agent return an empathic relationship with a human. Such a model must include a users:
+See also: [[Theory of Mind in Robotics]]
+A theory of mind in a robot is a model of a users (or another agent's) emotional state, gained by measuring [[affective state]] from sensor input - such as facial expression of tone of voice. In this way an agent may attempt to return an empathic relationship with a human. Such a model must include a users:
   * Emotional state
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 =====Memory and Adaptation=====
-A companion needs to adapt and evolve based on past experiences.
+A companion needs to adapt and evolve based on past experiences. The companion must adapt to a users personality in order to match it better as time passes.
-To some extent adapt to a users personality in order to match better.
 ======Socially intelligent agents======
-Human intelligence includes:
+Human intelligence includes both:
-  * Efficient problem solving (has been the focus of much research)
+  * Efficient problem solving
   * Social and emotional intelligence
-Socially intelligent agents need to have the appearance of socially understanding and also recognise other agents or humans and establish relationships with them.
+Socially intelligent agents need to have the appearance of social understanding and also recognise other agents or humans in order to establish relationships with them.
 This social information is part of a robot's environment, and sensed through it's understanding of the outside world.
-***The expectation of social interaction of an agent depends on it's form, a human form is more natural, but also creates very high expectations - which are not currently possible.***
+***The expectation of social interaction of an agent depends on it's form, a human form is more natural, but also creates very high expectations - expectations which cannot be currently met.***
 =====Castelfranchi's ontology for social interaction=====
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+======Theory of Mind in Social Agents======
+The ability to infer mental states in others that are not directly observable.