# Unquantifiable risk

`kaal:entity:unquantifiable-risk`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `unquantifiable-risk`. 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 2 works, 2019 to 2021.

**2019**

- [3411110-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411110-020) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Blockchain based offerings introduce technology risks from code design and functioning and from third party intrusions that are generally absent in traditional offerings, and these risks cannot really be quantified.
  > Technology-based risks include risks from the design and functioning of code, and from third-party intrusions. Such risks are generally not present in a traditional offering.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Samuel Evans, Blockchain-Based Securities Offerings (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411110

**2021**

- [3808867-023](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3808867-023) [mechanism/asserted] *(failure mode)* -- The conveniences and benefits of centralized algorithmic automation carry risks to humanity that cannot be fully quantified, and decentralized systems can counteract those downsides and threats.
  > At the same time, the conveniences and benefits that derive from centralized algorithmic automation bring with them risks to humanity that cannot be fully quantified. Decentralized systems can counteract the downsides and threats of algorithmic automation
  Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

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