# Socially Intelligent Virtual Petz

*Source* · `src-frank-1997-socially-intelligent-petz` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Adam Frank, Andrew Stern, Ben Resner |
| venue | 1997 AAAI Fall Symposium on Socially Intelligent Agents |
| date | 1997 |
| url | https://alumni.media.mit.edu/~benres/verbiage/Socially%20Intelligent%20Virtual%20Petz.htm |
| accessed | 2026-10-28 |

## Notes

Calls Petz socially intelligent agents living on the desktop whose goal is an intimate relationship with the user; evolving social relationships with the user and each other; adopted and named; trained to do tricks for treats; hungry pets search for food, hunt mice, or beg; individual likes, dislikes, coloration, and quirks; personalities change under extreme circumstances; begin as puppies or kittens, age, then stop aging and do not die; neglected pets eventually run away.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Petz (Dogz and Catz)](../game/petz.md)

## Citation

Adam Frank, Andrew Stern, Ben Resner (1997). *Socially Intelligent Virtual Petz*. 1997 AAAI Fall Symposium on Socially Intelligent Agents https://alumni.media.mit.edu/~benres/verbiage/Socially%20Intelligent%20Virtual%20Petz.htm

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