# kaal:claim:4796714-012

**Claim.** Recentralization is the central obstacle to using blockchain and distributed ledger technology to govern AI: the recentralizing tendency of these networks interferes with their capacity to deliver effective AI governance.

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

**Holds when.**

- applies to blockchain and DLT based AI governance proposals
- observed in Layer 1 networks as of 2024

**Source quote.**

> Alas, recentralization may interfere with blockchain and DLT technologies' ability to effectively govern AI.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI Governance* (2024), Recentralization, page 27

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4796714

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `59fa63bae179e8f9b6b8efbdf90cee28400276512a1b04f9f579a48641305c93` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202024%20-%20AI%20Governance.pdf

**Failure mode.** blockchain recentralization  (family: recentralization-drift)

**Topics.** decentralization, blockchain, governance-design, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** recentralization, blockchain, dlt, ai-governance, decentralization

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