A lot of books on "agent technology". All I know about this topic is the popular press gave it a lot of attention a few years ago. Anyone care to give a thumbna

A lot of books on "agent technology". All I know about this topic is the popular press gave it a lot of attention a few years ago. Anyone care to give a thumbnail sketch on this topic? EDIT: this is the best thumbnail I could quickly find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_architecture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_architecture