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When systems begin to act.
Investigating what happens when machines act on behalf of people and organizations. Connecting technical work on autonomous systems with the institutions, permissions and relationships that give those actions meaning.
Aims & scope
Technical evaluations, institutional analysis and documented cases that explain how autonomous systems act, coordinate and remain accountable.
Areas of interest
Delegated authority & identityAgent security & verificationCoordination & multi-agent systemsAutonomous commerce & transactionsAccountability & human oversightMachine agency & institutions
Questions in scope
- How do we verify what an autonomous system is allowed to do?
- How should responsibility travel through a chain of agents?
- What makes machine-to-machine transactions trustworthy?
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