# kaal:claim:3808867-030

**Claim.** Because a decentralized system has a blockchain based quasi precedent nature with a human backstop, it enables built in checks and balances capable of supporting resistance even to apocalyptic takeovers of algorithmic systems that would remove human presence to optimize efficiency.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- blockchain based systems with accumulated human voting records

**Source quote.**

> Because of its blockchain-based quasi- precedent nature with a human backstop, the decentralized system enables built-in checks and balances that can support resistance to even the most apocalyptic applications and takeover of algorithmic systems

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI* (2021), IV. Enhanced Algorithmic Future, page 15

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

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**Topics.** blockchain, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** checks-and-balances, human-backstop, blockchain, ai-safety

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808873-042

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