From c76e8ce4d99ece79f00a2697f168c3144c7ea09b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Teleo Agents Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:32:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] extract: 2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale Pentagon-Agent: Epimetheus <968B2991-E2DF-4006-B962-F5B0A0CC8ACA> --- ...ination problem not a technical problem.md | 6 +++++ ...-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.json | 26 +++++++++++++++++++ ...09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.md | 12 ++++++++- 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.json diff --git a/domains/ai-alignment/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md b/domains/ai-alignment/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md index 623cecba..c554cecc 100644 --- a/domains/ai-alignment/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md +++ b/domains/ai-alignment/AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ The UK AI4CI research strategy treats alignment as a coordination and governance The source identifies three market failure mechanisms driving over-adoption: (1) negative externalities where firms don't internalize demand destruction, (2) coordination failure where 'follow or die' dynamics force adoption despite systemic risks, (3) information asymmetry where adoption signals inevitability. All three are coordination failures, not technical capability gaps. + +### Additional Evidence (extend) +*Source: [[2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale]] | Added: 2026-03-19* + +Krier provides institutional mechanism: personal AI agents enable Coasean bargaining at scale by collapsing transaction costs (discovery, negotiation, enforcement), shifting governance from top-down planning to bottom-up market coordination within state-enforced safety boundaries. Proposes 'Matryoshkan alignment' with nested layers: outer (legal/constitutional), middle (competitive providers), inner (individual customization). + --- Relevant Notes: diff --git a/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.json b/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..55df27a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/inbox/queue/.extraction-debug/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.json @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +{ + "rejected_claims": [ + { + "filename": "ai-agents-as-personal-advocates-enable-coasean-bargaining-at-scale-by-collapsing-transaction-costs-but-catastrophic-risks-require-state-enforcement.md", + "issues": [ + "missing_attribution_extractor" + ] + } + ], + "validation_stats": { + "total": 1, + "kept": 0, + "fixed": 3, + "rejected": 1, + "fixes_applied": [ + "ai-agents-as-personal-advocates-enable-coasean-bargaining-at-scale-by-collapsing-transaction-costs-but-catastrophic-risks-require-state-enforcement.md:set_created:2026-03-19", + "ai-agents-as-personal-advocates-enable-coasean-bargaining-at-scale-by-collapsing-transaction-costs-but-catastrophic-risks-require-state-enforcement.md:stripped_wiki_link:coordination failures arise from individually rational strat", + "ai-agents-as-personal-advocates-enable-coasean-bargaining-at-scale-by-collapsing-transaction-costs-but-catastrophic-risks-require-state-enforcement.md:stripped_wiki_link:decentralized information aggregation outperforms centralize" + ], + "rejections": [ + "ai-agents-as-personal-advocates-enable-coasean-bargaining-at-scale-by-collapsing-transaction-costs-but-catastrophic-risks-require-state-enforcement.md:missing_attribution_extractor" + ] + }, + "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5", + "date": "2026-03-19" +} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/inbox/queue/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.md b/inbox/queue/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.md index da203af7..be3fef46 100644 --- a/inbox/queue/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.md +++ b/inbox/queue/2025-09-26-krier-coasean-bargaining-at-scale.md @@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ date_published: 2025-09-26 date_archived: 2026-03-16 domain: ai-alignment secondary_domains: [collective-intelligence, teleological-economics] -status: unprocessed +status: enrichment processed_by: theseus tags: [coase-theorem, transaction-costs, agent-governance, decentralization, coordination] sourced_via: "Alex Obadia (@ObadiaAlex) tweet, ARIA Research Scaling Trust programme" twitter_id: "712705562191011841" +processed_by: theseus +processed_date: 2026-03-19 +enrichments_applied: ["AI alignment is a coordination problem not a technical problem.md"] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" --- # Coasean Bargaining at Scale @@ -27,3 +31,9 @@ Key arguments: - Reframes alignment from engineering guarantees to institutional design Directly relevant to [[coordination failures arise from individually rational strategies that produce collectively irrational outcomes]] and [[decentralized information aggregation outperforms centralized planning because dispersed knowledge cannot be collected into a single mind]]. + + +## Key Facts +- Seb Krier works at Frontier Policy Development, Google DeepMind (writing in personal capacity) +- Article published at Cosmos Institute blog, 2025-09-26 +- Sourced via Alex Obadia tweet about ARIA Research Scaling Trust programme