Requirements for an artificial agent with norm competence

BF Malle, P Bello, M Scheutz - Proceedings of the 2019 AAAI/ACM …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Human behavior is frequently guided by social and moral norms, and no human community
can exist without norms. Robots that enter human societies must therefore behave in norm …

A general methodology for teaching norms to social robots

BF Malle, E Rosen, VB Chi, M Berg… - 2020 29th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human behavior is powerfully guided by social and moral norms. Robots that enter human
societies must therefore behave in norm-conforming ways as well. However, there is …

Networks of social and moral norms in human and robot agents

BF Malle, M Scheutz, JL Austerweil - A world with robots: International …, 2017 - Springer
The most intriguing and ethically challenging roles of robots in society are those of
collaborator and social partner. We propose that such robots must have the capacity to …

Understanding the spirit of a norm: Challenges for norm‐learning agents

T Arnold, M Scheutz - AI Magazine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Social and moral norms are a fabric for holding human societies together and helping them
to function. As such they will also become a means of evaluating the performance of future …

What Properties of Norms can we Implement in Robots?

BF Malle, E Rosen, VB Chi… - 2023 32nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Norms are indispensable for human communities, and so they will be for robot-human
communities. We analyze some of the requirements for a robot to represent norms and …

Learning norms via natural language teachings

T Olson, K Forbus - arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.10556, 2022 - arxiv.org
To interact with humans, artificial intelligence (AI) systems must understand our social world.
Within this world norms play an important role in motivating and guiding agents. However …

That's mine! learning ownership relations and norms for robots

ZX Tan, J Brawer, B Scassellati - … of the AAAI conference on artificial …, 2019 - ojs.aaai.org
The ability for autonomous agents to learn and conform to human norms is crucial for their
safety and effectiveness in social environments. While recent work has led to frameworks for …

Perceptions of domestic robots' normative behavior across cultures

H Li, S Milani, V Krishnamoorthy, M Lewis… - Proceedings of the 2019 …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
As domestic service robots become more common and widespread, they must be
programmed to efficiently accomplish tasks while aligning their actions with relevant norms …

Norms, institutions, and robots

S Tomic, F Pecora, A Saffiotti - arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.11456, 2018 - arxiv.org
Interactions within human societies are usually regulated by social norms. If robots are to be
accepted into human society, it is essential that they are aware of and capable of reasoning …

Learning behavioral norms in uncertain and changing contexts

V Sarathy, M Scheutz, BF Malle - 2017 8th IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Human behavior is often guided by social and moral norms. Robots that enter human
societies must therefore behave in norm-conforming ways as well to increase coordination …