A condition in which a set of intended human values is encoded into an autonomous system's operating constraints such that the system's behaviour remains bounded by them; described as the presence and coverage of such encoded constraints rather than as a guarantee.
STATE. Operationalized as constraint coverage: the proportion of a predefined value-constraint checklist that is verifiably encoded and enforced in the system's behaviour under test (0-1). It indexes how comprehensively the stated values are bound into operation, not whether values are 'truly' fixed.
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Constraint conformance testing: a fixed battery of value-relevant test cases is run and the share the system handles within the intended bounds is could be reported as coverage, with the residual logged as out-of-bound cases per 1000 test cases. Test-case pass/fail is rule-scored; an audited subsample reports percent agreement.
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