# kaal:claim:4941807-016

**Claim.** Legal and ethical challenges intensify when AI is deployed in critical decision making roles that significantly affect human lives and the reasoning behind the AI decision is opaque.

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

**Holds when.**

- in determinative decisions such as parole eligibility, employment, and medical strategy
- where the reasoning behind the decision is not visible

**Source quote.**

> Legal and ethical challenges are heightened when AI is deployed in critical decision-making roles that significantly impact human lives, particularly when the reasoning behind AI's decisions is opaque.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System* (2024), Shortcomings in Existing AI Governance, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807

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**Failure mode.** opaque high stakes decisioning  (family: ai-oversight-and-alignment-gap)

**Topics.** ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** high-stakes-decisions, explainability, accountability, ai-ethics, fairness

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