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The classical approach to using utility functions suffers from the drawback of having to design and tweak the functions on a case by case basis. Inspired by examples from the animal kingdom, social sciences and games we propose empowerment, a rather universal function, defined as the information-theoretic capacity of an agent’s actuation channel. The concept applies to any sensorimotoric apparatus. Empowerment as a measure reflects the properties of the apparatus as long as they are observable due to the coupling of sensors and actuators via the environment. Access provided by University of Chicago. Download to read the full chapter text Ashby, W.R.: An Introduction to Cybernetics. Chapman & Hall Ltd., Boca Raton (1956) MATH Google Scholar Gibson, J.J.: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston (1979) Google Scholar Shannon, C.E.: A mathematical theory of communication. The Bell System Technical Journal 27, 379–423 (1948) MATH MathSciNet Googl

Abstract The classical approach to using utility functions suffers from the drawback of having to design and tweak the functions on a case by case basis. Inspired by examples from the animal kingdom, social sciences and games we propose empowerment , a rather universal function, defined as the information-theoretic capacity of an agent’s actuation channel. The concept applies to any sensorimotoric apparatus. Empowerment as a measure reflects the properties of the apparatus as long as they are observable due to the coupling of sensors and actuators via the environment. This is a preview of subs

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