# Big tech

`kaal:entity:big-tech`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `big-tech`. 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 2 works, 2021 to 2024.

**2021**

- [3808867-022](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-022) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulating centralized technology conglomerates addresses only part of the problem, because even fully regulated conglomerates retain the power to set standards and norms for emerging technologies that government cannot effectively trace; microdemocratic decision making can set such standards outside their control metrics.
  > Even if fully regulated, centralized technology conglomerates still have the power to set standards and norms for emerging technologies that government cannot effectively trace.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867
- [3808867-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-024) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- A single powerful application such as Google already exercises substantial control over human knowledge and thought, and could control societal outcomes by making disparate recommendations to similarly situated users.
  > For example, a powerful application such as Google has already a lot of control over human knowledge and thought.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

**2024**

- [4941807-011](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4941807-011) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Although the move toward more explainable, private, and transparent AI is desirable, Kaal argues these regulations paradoxically consolidate power within large technology companies, because only they hold the data resources and infrastructure needed to comply and still ship effective AI.
  > Furthermore, while the move towards more explainable, private, and transparent AI is commendable, these regulations can paradoxically consolidate power within large tech companies.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Governance Via Web3 Reputation System (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4941807

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