# kaal:claim:6244278-017

**Claim.** Institutional alignment scales with capability, because a more capable agent accumulates more reputation, holds a deeper stake in the system's integrity, and therefore has stronger alignment with the system's goals.

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

**Holds when.**

- requires reputation that is accumulable, persistent, and non-transferable

**Source quote.**

> Institutional alignment scales with capability: the more capable the agent, the more reputation it can accumulate, the deeper its stake in the system's integrity, and the stronger its alignment with the system's goals.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *AI's Mother's Instinct Engineered Consequence Emergent Ethics and the Institutional Trajectory Toward Agentic Alignment* (2026), VI.A Skin in the Game as Alignment Primitive, page 12

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, AI's Mother's Instinct Engineered Consequence Emergent Ethics and the Institutional Trajectory Toward Agentic Alignment (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6244278

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**Topics.** ai-and-agents, institutional-design, reputation

**Keywords.** institutional-alignment, capability, reputation-accrual, scaling

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