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Remarkably, Shapiro suggests that these techniques—especially the agent modeling of characters—have profound implications beyond storytelling. By simulating internal states and decision-making processes, his work lays the groundwork for developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with its own believable personality and cognition.
He argues that the same principles that create complex narratives can be applied to designing AI agents capable of autonomous reasoning, perception, and interaction—whether in virtual worlds, robots, or real-world applications. The simulation of internal agent models, therefore, becomes a stepping stone toward artificial consciousness.