PUB-03 · Controlled concept
Machine Bylaws
§4, pp.18-20 · 6 September 2026
Definition
The authoritative institutional constitution through which an artificial actor is brought into an authorised operational role, connected to a legitimate purpose, and subjected to continuing limits on the authority it may exercise.
This record preserves the term as a defined analytical concept in its originating publication. Its meaning is governed by the definition and boundary stated here and by the cited DOI publication.
Conceptual boundary
Functionally analogous to organisational bylaws, without making the artificial system a corporation, public body, legal person, conscious subject, moral agent or sovereign. Distinct from prompts, configurations, policies and implementing controls.
Provenance
Introduced and defined in AAGA-P002. No materially equivalent earlier AI-governance use was identified in the sources searched as of 14 September 2026.
- Classification
- Introduced terminology; new definition
- Earliest verified Causal Architectonics use
- AAGA-P002, §4, pp.18-20
- Assessment date
- 14 September 2026
Publication and citation
AAGA-P002 · DOI publication
Machine Bylaws: Constitutional Governance for Non-Human Operational Actors
Recommended scholarly citation: Bjorn Bjornsvik, “Machine Bylaws,” in Machine Bylaws: Constitutional Governance for Non-Human Operational Actors, AAGA-P002 v1.0, §4, pp.18-20 (2026), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22177416.
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Revision record
Version 1.0 · 15 September 2026
Initial public concept record. Definition, boundary and provenance approved under CA-TPL-001 Initial Baseline Approval Package v1.0.
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