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Why is a message treated as an action in agent theory?

  • A.Messages consume communication bandwidth that must be budgeted
  • B.Sending a message takes time that could be spent on other actions
  • C.Messages must be encoded in a formal language to be understood
  • D.It changes the state of the recipient and so has consequences

Answer: D

Because informing another agent alters what it believes and may alter what it does, a message is chosen for its effect exactly as a physical action is, and it can therefore be planned for, deceived with and reasoned about within the same framework. Bandwidth, time and encoding are practical concerns. Bringing communication inside the action framework, rather than treating it as a separate mechanism, is what allows a single planner to reason about both.

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