actorsmay

Actorsmay is a fictional concept used in discussions of collaborative agent systems and interactive narrative. It refers to a framework in which multiple autonomous 'actors' may propose, negotiate, and execute actions within shared environments.

The term encompasses three core ideas: a mutable registry of actors and their capabilities; a permissions and priority model that governs which actions may be taken and by whom; and a negotiation layer that allows actors to resolve conflicts through voting, bargaining, or mediation.

Origins trace to online forums and design fiction where authors explored how to manage increasingly autonomous agents in simulations and stories. The concept is not tied to a single implementation but has appeared in various hypothetical architectures and side-comment discussions.

Applications include narrative generation, crowd simulation, and distributed AI experiments, where the emphasis is on scalable coordination and policy compliance.

Criticism notes that without robust guarantees, such systems risk incoherence or exploitation of permissions; proponents argue it supports modularity and transparency.