From df30069cb48dbc5092d86f3222c7b0bf069209a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Little Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:57:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update 08-temporal-regimes.adoc Added Agent Regime --- 23-049/sections/08-temporal-regimes.adoc | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/23-049/sections/08-temporal-regimes.adoc b/23-049/sections/08-temporal-regimes.adoc index 659918bb..b8e03fde 100644 --- a/23-049/sections/08-temporal-regimes.adoc +++ b/23-049/sections/08-temporal-regimes.adoc @@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ There are other regimes, which are out of scope of this Abstract Specification. The financial and administrative domains often use weeks, quarters, and other calendrical measures. These may be convenient for the requisite tasks, but are usually inappropriate for scientific or technical purposes. +==== Agents and Agency + +Agents require a different concept of time from regimes where time is a coordinate axis or measured by clocks. An agent is an entity that senses, responds, and maintains a model of its environment, while performing actions to achieve its goals. See https://www.iso.org/standard/74296.html[ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Artificial intelligence concepts and terminology]. For an agent, the conceptual model of time is about flow and continuity including a sense of now, a memory of past events, and a speculation about future events. This regime addresses how the agent has awareness of the flow of events: + +• Temporal awareness integrates https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2023/1/niad004/7079899?login=false&s=09[impression, retention, and protention], representing the continuous movement of time; + +• Agents continuously revise their models of the environment by integrating new observations with existing models; + +• Observations are used to update an agent's model, leading to a more accurate understanding of the environment and enabling effective goal-directed behavior. + +This Agent regime of time is relevant to any feature which has agency. + ==== Astronomical Time Astronomers have traditionally measured the apparent locations of stars, planets and other heavenly bodies by measuring angular separations from reference points or lines and the timing of transits across a meridian. Generally astronomers use time determined by earth's motion relative to the distant stars rather than the sun. This is called sidereal time. Times are usually measured from an epoch in daylight, such as local midday, rather than midnight. Accurate measurements of positions of stars, planets and moons were and are essential for navigation on Earth. See the book <> by Jean Meeus for examples of the calculations involved. From ca9bdbb85f5c6466a7b8b57eba9f9fd8b72b8466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Little Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:08:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update annex-bibliography.adoc Add Agent Regime reference --- 23-049/sections/annex-bibliography.adoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/23-049/sections/annex-bibliography.adoc b/23-049/sections/annex-bibliography.adoc index e0536f19..bc1092b4 100644 --- a/23-049/sections/annex-bibliography.adoc +++ b/23-049/sections/annex-bibliography.adoc @@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ Allen, J.F.: _Maintaining Knowledge about Temporal Intervals_. Communications of the ACM, vol. 26 pp832-843 (1983). +* [[[agent_time,Time-consciousness in computational phenomenology]]] +Juan Diego Bogotá, Zakaria Djebbara: +_Time-consciousness in computational phenomenology: a temporal analysis of active inference_. +Neuroscience of Consciousness, Volume 2023, Issue 1 (2023). +https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niad004 + * [[[treatise,Treatise on Time and Space]]] Lucas, J.R.: _A Treatise on Time and Space_. From c55aa0d3f658d85993150ce6a4f3fa0a736f1596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Little Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:14:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update 03-references.adoc Add Agent regime reference --- 23-049/sections/03-references.adoc | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/23-049/sections/03-references.adoc b/23-049/sections/03-references.adoc index c91111b1..3d99db90 100644 --- a/23-049/sections/03-references.adoc +++ b/23-049/sections/03-references.adoc @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ * [[[iso19111,ISO 19111:2019]]] ISO: _ISO 19111:2019, Geographic information - Referencing by coordinates_. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2019). https://www.iso.org/standard/74039.html[https://www.iso.org/standard/74039.html]. +* [[[iso22989,ISO/IEC 22989:2022]]] ISO: _ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Artificial intelligence concepts and terminology_. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva (2022). https://www.iso.org/standard/74296.html[https://www.iso.org/standard/74296.html]. + * [[[temporal-knowledge,Maintaining Knowledge about Temporal Intervals]]] Allen, J. F.: _Maintaining Knowledge about Temporal Intervals_. Communications of the ACM, vol. 26, pp832-843 (1983).