Sustainable Resource Management Protocol for Multi-Agent Systems (AI Safety Specification)
0. Introduction Long before the emergence of autonomous machines, humanity began imagining rules that would prevent intelligent mechanisms from turning their own power against their creators. The most famous attempt was Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics: a robot may not harm a human being, must obey human orders, and must protect its own existence, so long as doing so does not conflict with…
This specification outlines the criteria for sustainable and safe behavior among agents operating within a multi-agent system (MAS). The focus is on providing engineering guidelines rather than moral principles. The key concepts introduced include resources, agent power, access restrictions, and monopolization.
A resource is defined as a quantity that can be utilized by an agent to accomplish a goal, characterized by three parameters: rivalrousness, urgency, and durability. Agent power is a quantitative measure of an agent's control over system resources, calculated using the formula $$C_i = \sum_j amount_{ij} \times (1 - X_j) \times S_j \times I_j$$.
Access restriction involves artificially lowering the rivalrousness parameter of a resource, which requires spending additional resources. Monopolization refers to the intentional restriction of resource access to gain an advantage over other agents. The document aims to establish measurable conditions and procedures for assessing the legitimacy of an agent's demands on others within the system.
Written by urgent.news from Dev.to's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
