On Autonomy, Governance, and Values: An AGV Approach to Value Engineering

In this paper we show how to approach the engineering of values in social human-AI systems by looking into the interplay of three notions: autonomy, governance and value (AGV). We propose a particular characterisation of the Value Alignment Problem based on this approach. We use an example to illustrate how the values can be engineered in order to solve the VAP in this example. Based on these elements we advance some arguments in favour of framing a theory of values that may apply to the governance of social systems that involve artificial autonomous entities as well as humans.