# Overpricing

`kaal:entity:overpricing`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `overpricing`. 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

4 claims across 3 works, 2021 to 2024.

**2021**

- [3995709-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-020) [mechanism/argued] -- Cartelization of the code review industry causes significant overpricing, because clients will pay almost any price to obtain the stamp of approval from one of the top five audit firms.
  > As a result of the cartelization of the industry, most code reviews are significantly overpriced. Clients pretty much pay any price to get the stamp of approval from one of the top 5 audit firms.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

**2024**

- [4734750-017](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-017) [mechanism/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Centralization of the code review industry causes systematic overpricing, because clients will pay nearly any price to obtain the approval stamp of one of the top five audit firms.
  > As a result of the centralization of the industry, most code reviews are significantly overpriced. Clients pretty much pay any price to get the stamp of approval from one of the top 5 audit firms.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750
- [4755632-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-009) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Existing centralized micro task marketplaces cannot adequately fulfill the growing demand for high quality labeled AI training data, because their cost structure requires intermediation, which produces significant overpricing without any of that price reaching the micro task workers.
  > the cost structure for micro task work in centralized systems that necessitate intermediation results in significant overpricing without benefiting the micro task workers directly.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4755632
- [4755632-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-024) [mechanism/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- Centralization of the code review industry produces overpricing because clients will pay nearly any price to obtain the stamp of approval from one of the top five audit firms.
  > As a result of the centralization of the industry, most code reviews are significantly overpriced. Clients pretty much pay any price to get the stamp of approval from one of the top 5 audit firms.
  Wulf A. Kaal, AI Learning - Decentralized Governance to Optimize Human Output Datasets for AI Learning (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4755632

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