# Tentacular Artificial Intelligence, and the Architecture Thereof, Introduced

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.07007 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.07007/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 14 Oct 2018.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

We briefly introduce herein a new form of distributed, multi-agent artificial intelligence, which we refer to as "tentacular." Tentacular AI is distinguished by six attributes, which among other things entail a capacity for reasoning and planning based in highly expressive calculi (logics), and which enlists subsidiary agents across distances circumscribed only by the reach of one or more given networks.