# kaal:claim:3808873-029

**Claim.** Centralized algorithmic automation, defined as artificially intelligent systems taking over core functions in human society, poses perhaps the greatest threat to decentralization.

**Type.** definitional  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- proliferation of big data, predictive analytics and IoT sensing

**Source quote.**

> Centralized algorithmic automation poses perhaps the greatest threat to decentralization. Centralized algorithmic automation describes the process of artificially intelligent systems taking over core functions in human society.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralization Neutralizers* (2021), X. Centralized Algorithmic Automation, page 22

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization Neutralizers (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808873

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**Failure mode.** Centralized Algorithmic Automation  (family: human-judgment-displacement)

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

**Keywords.** algorithmic-automation, artificial-intelligence, big-data, decentralization-threat

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