reality agents
(2024) is
a reality TV production company that uses agent-based systems to combat the
industry's exploitative nature. The result is a sterile screenplay that is different every
time. As opposed to simply generating a script using a Large Language Model (LLM), this work
extends the generative agent cognitive architecture developed by
Joon Sung Park to power two
autonomous agents with their own
personalities, emotional states, intentions, and objectives. Drawing on cognitive science
research, particularly hot cognition, the software aims to reverse engineer emergent behaviors
in agent-based
systems. This approach attempts to foster dynamic and unpredictable synthetic drama, but
ultimately falls flat.