Uniform Access to Knowledge

The generic memory is accessible to both the reflective processes and the planner. The lexipedia is accessible to both the text interpreter and generator. However, there is no exchange of knowledge between the groups. Thus, knowledge access to certain modules is restricted, even though there is information common to both tasks. This requires dual representations of the same knowledge, for both natural language and planning tasks.

In addition, there is no way for either task to guided by knowledge of the other. For instance, the text interpreter cannot gain context information from the agent's current goals, which are usually relevant to whatever "conversation" it is engaged in. The separation does permit optimized methods and representations, which can make up for this inefficiency.


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