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agent Temporal Evolution

Temporal Evolution Experiment 1910 - 2024 agent

Temporal Elements
7 artifacts 3 periods 4 events
Creates artifact markers for each document's publication year
7/7 with publication dates
Add artifact, named period, or semantic event
Periods & Events
1910
ARTIFACT
1 Document
Agent (Black's Law Dictionary, 1st ed.)
1910
Emergence
Emergence
Codification of 'agent' in legal dictionaries establishes formal definition for agency law
Evidence
Agent (Black's Law Dictionary, 1st ed.)
1957
ARTIFACT
1 Document
Intention
1957
Conceptual Bridge
Conceptual Bridge
Anscombe's analysis of intention provides philosophical foundation for later computational agency theories
Evidence
Intention
1995
ARTIFACT
1 Document
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice
1995
Inflection Point
Inflection Point
Wooldridge & Jennings formalize 'weak notion' of agency: autonomous, reactive, pro-active, social systems
Evidence
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice
2019
ARTIFACT
1 Document
Agent (Black's Law Dictionary, 11th ed.)
2022
START
Semantic Broadening
Term encompasses both traditional legal agency and autonomous AI systems; OED adds computational senses
Evidence
Intelligent Agents (AIMA Ch. 2)
agent, n.1 & adj.
2022
ARTIFACT
1 Document
Intelligent Agents (AIMA Ch. 2)
2024
ARTIFACT
2 Documents
agent, n.1 & adj.
Agent (Black's Law Dictionary, 12th ed.)
2024
END
Semantic Broadening
Term encompasses both traditional legal agency and autonomous AI systems; OED adds computational senses
Evidence
Intelligent Agents (AIMA Ch. 2)
agent, n.1 & adj.