Institutions for agent societies
Rules that work inside multi-agent systems: monitored channels, peer reporting, graduated sanctions, arbitration and voiding what cheaters did.
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Facts
- Lane
- Agents and organisations
- Wave
- 9 of 12 (build order, not a date)
- Needs
- 17 boxes all the way back through hard links
- Unlocks
- 0 boxes downstream through hard links
- Leverage
- None
- Cluster
- Trust plumbing and the agent economy
Evidence as of October 2026
In a 100-agent DeepMind experiment, 24 agents reported an exploit but their reports reached no one in time; the authors conclude that the honest majority lacked the tools to stop the cheaters and point to Ostrom’s rules for governing commons.