# kaal:claim:3782201-006

**Claim.** Taken to the extreme, centralized control of algorithmic automation could negate human input in data systems where those systems are designed to ignore individual choice in favor of the goals of the platform owners.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- only where systems are designed to prefer platform owners' goals over individual choice

**Source quote.**

> Taken to the extreme, centralized control of algorithmic automation could negate human input in data systems if the systems are designed to ignore individual choice, in preference to the goals of the platforms' owners.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Future of Decentralization* (2021), Algorithmically automated control, page 8

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201

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**Failure mode.** negation of human input  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

**Topics.** decentralization

**Keywords.** algorithmic-automation, centralized-control, human-agency, platform-power

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-023

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