(I haven’t read any of the literature on deception you cite, so this is my unimformed opinion.)
I don’t think there’s any propositional content at all in these sender-receiver games. As far as the P.redator is concerned, the signal means “I want to eat you” and the P.rey wants to be eaten.
If the environment were somewhat richer, the agents would model each other as agents, and they’d have a shared understanding of the meaning of the signals, and then I’d think we’d have a better shot of understanding deception.
(I haven’t read any of the literature on deception you cite, so this is my unimformed opinion.)
I don’t think there’s any propositional content at all in these sender-receiver games. As far as the P.redator is concerned, the signal means “I want to eat you” and the P.rey wants to be eaten.
If the environment were somewhat richer, the agents would model each other as agents, and they’d have a shared understanding of the meaning of the signals, and then I’d think we’d have a better shot of understanding deception.