Terraforming Cyberspace Export

@article{bradshaw01a, abstract = {Cyberspace currently offers a lonely, dangerous, and relatively impoverished environment for software agents, which do not easily sustain rich, long-term, peer-to- peer relationships. No social safety net helps agents when they get stuck or prevents them from setting the network on fire when they go awry. Agents remain cut off from most of the world in which humans operate, and severe practical restrictions limit when and where they can go. The first passerby who finds the power switch can unceremoniously terminate an agent's existence. The authors advocate not only making agents smarter and stronger but also making the environment in which they operate more capable of sustaining various forms of agent life and civilization. As a new kind of environment for human beings, cyberspace is now woefully primitive. Most of our electronically built space is a rat's nest of bewildering pathways of indeterminate destination, much like medieval Rome. Those who are designing and building cyberspace might benefit from the example of the humanist Popes of the Renaissance, who used the cittaideale concepts to produce connectivity and impart legibility to their city's layout.}, author = {Bradshaw, Jeffrey M. and Suri, Niranjan and Alberto and Davis, Robert and Ford, Kenneth and Hoffman, Robert and Jeffers, Renia and Reichherzer, Thomas}, citeulike-article-id = {1585525}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/r7048.pdf}, journal = {{IEEE} Computer}, keywords = {bibtex-import}, number = {7}, posted-at = {2007-08-23 14:42:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Terraforming Cyberspace}, url = {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/r7048.pdf}, volume = {34}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - bradshaw01a L3 - citeulike-article-id:1585525 N2 - Cyberspace currently offers a lonely, dangerous, and relatively impoverished environment for software agents, which do not easily sustain rich, long-term, peer-to- peer relationships. No social safety net helps agents when they get stuck or prevents them from setting the network on fire when they go awry. Agents remain cut off from most of the world in which humans operate, and severe practical restrictions limit when and where they can go. The first passerby who finds the power switch can unceremoniously terminate an agent's existence. The authors advocate not only making agents smarter and stronger but also making the environment in which they operate more capable of sustaining various forms of agent life and civilization. As a new kind of environment for human beings, cyberspace is now woefully primitive. Most of our electronically built space is a rat's nest of bewildering pathways of indeterminate destination, much like medieval Rome. Those who are designing and building cyberspace might benefit from the example of the humanist Popes of the Renaissance, who used the cittaideale concepts to produce connectivity and impart legibility to their city's layout. IS - 7 JF - {IEEE} Computer TI - Terraforming Cyberspace VL - 34 KW - bibtex-import AU - Bradshaw, Jeffrey AU - Suri, Niranjan AU - Alberto AU - Davis, Robert AU - Ford, Kenneth AU - Hoffman, Robert AU - Jeffers, Renia AU - Reichherzer, Thomas PY - 2001/// UR - http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/r7048.pdf ER -