# kaal:claim:4941807-022

**Claim.** When decision making power is distributed across multiple entities in a federated model, consensus and cooperation become harder to reach, which makes cohesive AI governance mechanisms difficult to establish.

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

**Holds when.**

- where governance authority is distributed across multiple independent entities

**Source quote.**

> In a federated model, where decision-making power is distributed across multiple entities, it becomes harder to achieve consensus and cooperation, making it challenging to establish cohesive AI governance mechanisms.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System* (2024), Adapting Decentralization of AI Governance to AI Models, page 24

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

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**Failure mode.** consensus difficulty under distributed authority  (family: collective-action-and-coordination-failure)

**Topics.** governance-design, consensus-and-security, institutional-design, decentralization, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** federated-governance, consensus, coordination-cost, decentralization, ai-governance

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