# Self monitoring

`kaal:entity:self-monitoring`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `self-monitoring`. 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, 2012 to 2025.

**2012**

- [2097160-015](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2097160-015) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Regulatory triggers insufficiently incentivize executives to lower risk, because executives would not have to self-monitor and adjust their own risk-taking preferences in order to avoid the trigger.
  > regulatory triggers may insufficiently incentivize executives to lower risk because the executives would not have to self-monitor and adjust their risk-taking preferences to avoid the trigger.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Contingent Capital in Executive Compensation (2012). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2097160

**2025**

- [5245185-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5245185-010) [condition/argued] *(failure mode)* -- AI self monitoring requires robust cryptographic safeguards and anti collusion algorithms; without them, agents overseeing one another can devolve into self serving behavior and coordinated manipulation.
  > and anti-collusion algorithms—to prevent coordinated manipulation or exploitation of vulnerabilities, ensuring that self-monitoring does not devolve into self-serving behavior.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How can we Best Monitor AI Agents (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5245185
- [5245185-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/5245185-024) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Proposals for AI self monitoring rely on unspecified security measures and therefore overlook the risk that adaptive AI agents collude or evade oversight, a risk amplified by pervasive deployment.
  > reliance on unspecified security measures overlooks the risk of adaptive AI agents colluding or evading oversight, a concern amplified by their pervasive deployment.
  Wulf A. Kaal, How can we Best Monitor AI Agents (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5245185

## Verify

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