Norms as a Basis for Governing Sociotechnical Systems

• Munindar P. Singh
• framework that uses social norms to govern autonomous entities’ (e.g., AI agents’ or human beings’) behaviours
• inherently distributed rather than relying on a central authority
• Individuals maintain their autonomy through executing their own decision policies, but are subjected to social norms defined by the collective through roles
• Social norms are defined through a template containing codified commitment, authorization, prohibition, sanction and power