# kaal:claim:3808867-023

**Claim.** The conveniences and benefits of centralized algorithmic automation carry risks to humanity that cannot be fully quantified, and decentralized systems can counteract those downsides and threats.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** asserted

**Source quote.**

> At the same time, the conveniences and benefits that derive from centralized algorithmic automation bring with them risks to humanity that cannot be fully quantified. Decentralized systems can counteract the downsides and threats of algorithmic automation

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI* (2021), IV. Enhanced Algorithmic Future, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

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**Failure mode.** Unquantifiable risk of centralized automation  (family: ai-oversight-and-alignment-gap)

**Topics.** decentralization, risk-and-incentives, governance-design, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** algorithmic-automation, decentralization, unquantifiable-risk, ai-governance

**Related claims.**

- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-005
- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-032
- extends: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-006

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