A society of specialist A.s.a. agents

Specialist agents are distinguished by each having its own unique knowledge base, algorithms, senses, effectors, values, etc. The number of copies we would want for each specialist type will depend upon the task environment the society resides in (and would change as the environment changes). We would likely need only one agent that could converse with humans (have natural language capability). If some specialist employs a webcam then we may want two of them in order to obtain stereoscopic depth perception. Agents with webcams would also need unique image processing algorithms (which other agents don't need). If some agent has a robotic arm we will likely want 2 or 3 of them for part handling. They would also have unique muscle memory. Agents assigned to hazardous tasks would likely have different values from other agents. Knowledge bases would be unique to the roles each agent plays in the society. Specialization also helps with the attention problem.