# Automation limits

`kaal:entity:automation-limits`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `automation-limits`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 3 works, 2018 to 2021.

**2018**

- [3128900-001](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3128900-001) [definitional/asserted] -- Because micro tasks require human judgment that machines cannot currently replace, they let organizations build products and outcomes that machines alone could not synthesize.
  > Because of the necessity of human judgment that cannot currently be replaced by machines/computers, micro tasks enable organizations to build products or create outcomes that cannot be synthesized by machines/computers alone.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

**2019**

- [3402701-032](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3402701-032) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The day-to-day stability mechanism can be fully automated by algorithm, but monetary and fiscal policy choices cannot be: the algorithm's parameters must be chosen by hand and adjusted regularly to balance security against efficiency.
  > However, monetary and fiscal policy choices cannot be fully automated. The parameters for the algorithm must be chosen by hand and adjusted regularly to balance security with maximal efficiency in response to network performance
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Vadhindran K. Rao, Stable Cryptocurrencies - First Order Principles (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3402701

**2021**

- [3782201-036](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-036) [mechanism/argued] -- Middlemen persist rather than being automated away because there are certain junctures in business where novel problems regularly arise whenever circumstances change, requiring creative solutions that people step in to supply, and these persistent junctures become business institutions.
  > There are certain junctures in business where novel problems regularly arise when- ever circumstances change. These problems require creative solutions, and people step in to capitalize. These persistent junctures become business institutions.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201

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