The framework predicts three failure modes — agent-executed governance attacks, governance paralysis from agent disagreement, and alignment drift in long-participating agents — all worsening as autonomous-agent participation grows, with DAOs lacking AI-alignment infrastructure the first to experience them.
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The framework predicts that all three will worsen as autonomous-agent participation grows, and that DAOs without AI-alignment infrastructure will be the first to experience them.
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