Intelligent agent Symbolic AI; Human-centered AI
noun phrase
Definition: Autonomous computational entities that perceive conditions in their environment, reason about those conditions, and act in pursuit of specified goals over time. In current scholarship, intelligent agents are generally characterized by perception, reasoning, and action, while modern surveys also connect them to autonomous and agentic AI systems [Dodig-Crnkovic 2024].
Example in context: “Intelligent agents continuously perform three functions: perception of dynamic conditions in the environment; action to affect conditions in the environment; and reasoning to interpret perceptions, solve problems, draw inferences, and determine actions …” [Dodig-Crnkovic 2024]
Related terms: software agents; autonomous agents; agent-based AI