# kaal:claim:2922176-033

**Claim.** It is feasible that in the not too distant future an artificial intelligence will hold an independent board seat with voting authority and be trusted to make smarter, data-driven choices than human directors.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** speculative

**Holds when.**

- extrapolated from the appointment of the algorithm Vital at Deep Knowledge Ventures and Alicia T at Tieto

**Source quote.**

> In the not too distant future it seems feasible that artificial intelligence will have an independent board seat and may be trusted to make smarter – data-driven – choices than humans.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies* (2017), V.2. Unmediated Board of Directors, page 42

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

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**Topics.** ai-and-agents, corporate-governance, governance-design

**Keywords.** artificial-intelligence, board-of-directors, decision-making, voting-rights

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