# Centralized control

`kaal:entity:centralized-control`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `centralized-control`. 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

2 claims across 1 works, 2021 to 2021.

**2021**

- [3782201-005](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-005) [mechanism/argued] -- Because algorithmic automation guides societal outcomes, it benefits some groups over others whether or not its owners and developers intentionally manipulate those outcomes, which makes centralized ownership and control of algorithmic automation an important societal issue.
  > Algorithmic automation guides societal outcomes and therefore it benefits some groups over others—whether or not its owners and developers intentionally manipulate these outcomes. Central- ized ownership and control of algorithmic automation is an important issue for soci- ety.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201
- [3782201-006](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782201-006) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Taken to the extreme, centralized control of algorithmic automation could negate human input in data systems where those systems are designed to ignore individual choice in favor of the goals of the platform owners.
  > Taken to the extreme, centralized control of algorithmic automation could negate human input in data systems if the systems are designed to ignore individual choice, in preference to the goals of the platforms' owners.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Future of Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782201

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