IRC log of smartagents-4 on 2026-02-25

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meeting: Multi-Agent Conversational Methodology Breakout
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present: Kaz_Ashimura, plh, Emmett_Coin, Matt_Shomphe, Molly_Lewis, Samantha_Estoesta
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topic: Self Intro
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(everybody gives their intro)
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topic: Discussion
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se: different cultural groups use agents
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... different communications styles with agents
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ec: great question
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... e.g., Chinese agents vs Australian agents
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ms: trying to negotiate cultural differences
19:31:45 [kaz]
... if two agents talking with each other, e.g., one from China and another from Australia
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ec: might be intentional
19:32:07 [kaz]
... natural to happen
19:32:20 [kaz]
... also should think about agents working with people
19:32:44 [kaz]
... maybe we should have some protocol to handle the situation
19:33:11 [kaz]
se: other issue about global languages
19:33:44 [kaz]
... could have shared common language dictionary
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... to handle difficulty cultures and styles
19:34:24 [kaz]
ec: interesting
19:34:43 [kaz]
... e.g., English as the second language
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... we could have a standard like English language
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... kind of like Esperant
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ms: think so too
19:35:38 [kaz]
s/rant/ranto/
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ec: some way to translate to a standard
19:36:14 [kaz]
... kind of like multilingual
19:38:40 [kaz]
... for example, would be useful to have an agent for warehouse coordination
19:39:33 [kaz]
ms: can we imagine shipping products, e.g., to Ontario
19:39:41 [kaz]
... you have multi-lingual environment
19:40:07 [kaz]
... like the idea somebody talking based on the context
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... there are many ways to think about that
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... some sort of reduced English
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... translated from other languages
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... e.g., from Turkish
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ec: like Star Trek :)
19:41:30 [kaz]
ms: right
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... universal translator
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... multi-agent and multi-languages
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ec: maybe agents should handle language modules on top of the structure
19:42:46 [kaz]
... very structured language agents could use
19:43:04 [kaz]
... mostly "language" is important for humans
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kaz: should think about both NL and structured model
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... also we should think about dialog management model to handle multiple agents and humans
19:46:06 [kaz]
ec: right
19:46:13 [kaz]
... have to have similar thing
19:46:26 [kaz]
... typical agents inside our standard field
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... we could add the model why the human is raising hand
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kaz: right
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present+ Deborah_Dahl
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(Debbie jois)
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ec: (gives summary so far)
19:47:58 [kaz]
... should think about difference based on language, culture, etc.
19:48:39 [kaz]
... for example, there are girls who need help
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... it's kind of like a game
19:49:06 [kaz]
ms: interesting
19:49:18 [kaz]
... customers would like to achieve some goal
19:49:36 [kaz]
s/help/help, and agents can help them go home/
19:50:10 [kaz]
ec: when we generate an LLM, should get landmarks, etc.
19:51:37 [kaz]
se: do we have to build to understand agents?
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ec: very helpful rules can be built
19:52:28 [kaz]
dd: plh reminded me that there is just 10 more minutes
19:52:43 [kaz]
ec: ok. any more things?
19:53:11 [kaz]
dd: discussion around cultural issues?
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ec: yeah
19:53:23 [kaz]
... had discussion about cultural differences
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... mid-west vs south America, etc.
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ms: impressive
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ec: agents like actors from Shakespeare
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... how we signal cultural differences?
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se: so many disclosures
19:54:46 [kaz]
... languages we use for training
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... English, e.g., American English
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... need a good standard for that
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dd: some format for that purpose
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ec: have strong attitude for that
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... what the agent is like
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... not necessarily behaving right to people
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ms: right
19:57:07 [kaz]
... wouldn't trust developers accurately express it
19:58:23 [kaz]
ec: possibly, we could have agents which have different purposes/attitudes
19:58:47 [kaz]
ms: yeah, could be malicious
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[breakout ends]
20:00:06 [kaz]
rrsagent, make log public
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rrsagent, draft minutes
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I have made the request to generate https://www.w3.org/2026/02/25-smartagents-4-minutes.html kaz
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