# kaal:claim:3808867-024

**Claim.** A single powerful application such as Google already exercises substantial control over human knowledge and thought, and could control societal outcomes by making disparate recommendations to similarly situated users.

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

**Holds when.**

- dominant internet based applications accumulating societal functions since the early 2010s

**Source quote.**

> For example, a powerful application such as Google has already a lot of control over human knowledge and thought.

**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

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `eeccf6d0587bd278a96ce6ac8ec5003e26d161c245f6c94b4144d84f374802eb` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20How%20Decentralized%20Systems%20Can%20Upgrade%20AI.pdf

**Failure mode.** Recommendation asymmetry as social control  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge

**Keywords.** big-tech, algorithmic-control, knowledge, societal-outcomes

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