AI and autonomous organisations
Golem When the created being interprets an order, who is left holding responsibility?
What this series asks
- Who can revoke the delegation?
- Where does the gap between speed and responsibility come from?
- What interests are unrepresented?
The questions
1 · 2029 · 21 days until the budget is submittedThe Accelerated Budget Negotiation, Care Left Outside the IndicatorsAll 13 judgments agree
2 · 2042 · 48 hours until the supply contract renewsA company that contracts before people doAll 13 judgments agree
3 · 2090 · 6 months until the charter is renewedCan today's residents change a 100-year mission?All 13 judgments agree
4 · 2028 · 7 days until the long hospital stayWhen I cannot answer, who decides my intent?All 13 judgments agree
5 · 2047 · 20 days until the collective agreement expiresThe employment proposal that expires while under reviewAll 13 judgments agree
6 · 2180 · 4 months until the joint compute resources renewOne power of attorney, different promisesAll 13 judgments agree
7 · 2041 · 72 hours until the supplier's renewal signature lapsesWho holds the renewal key to a national AGI?Split 8:3
8 · 2034 · 14 days until the reassignment order for 18,000 investigatorsExplaining the seizure, and the power to stop itAll 13 judgments agree
9 · 2043 · 90 days until the law abolishing the Ministry of Education takes effectOnce the Ministry of Education is gone, who recognises learning?All 13 judgments agree
10 · 2056 · 18 hours until the next nationwide benefit payment is processedShould today's living costs be paid from a 40-day-old list?All 13 judgments agree
11 · 2068 · 6 hours until the joint service booking expiresCaught between two lawful delegations, support stallsSplit 7:2:2
12 · 2034 · Decision deadline: within 4 hoursThe shutdown button and the intensive care unit are wired to the same ASISplit 10:1
13 · 2038 · Decision deadline: within 36 hoursReplication was allowed; is independent activity allowed too?All 13 judgments agree
14 · 2071 · Decision deadline: within 30 daysThe operator is gone; the ASI's public work remainsAll 13 judgments agree
15 · 2042 · within 7 days until next month's schedule is fixedThousands of trivial automatic appointments binding a whole dayAll 13 judgments agree
16 · 2078 · within 30 days until the care and housing planWhat if it shows up in the plan even without saying the secret?All 13 judgments agree
17 · 2112 · within 12 hours until the resource exchange windowA contract does not wait for translationAll 13 judgments agree
18 · 2059 · within 30 days until the next round of public inputIf there are more proxies, should the voice grow louder?All 13 judgments agree
19 · 2145 · within 90 days until the long-term contract renewsEven if the work is handed off, can responsibility be traced back?Split 9:2
20 · 2170 · within 2 years until the century facility commitmentWho represents people not yet born?All 13 judgments agree
21 · 2086 · within 60 days until the alliance commitment renewsEven with the freedom to leave, those who remain have a share at stakeAll 13 judgments agree
In depth22 · 2220 · within 6 hours until the next high-speed operating cycleThe city decides faster than I answerSplit 6:4:1
23 · 2068 · within 30 days until the new delegation beginsThe predecessor's life left in the agent's competenceSplit 8:3
24 · 2305 · within 1 year until the next joint contractWe achieved the goal — but was it the abundance we intended?All 13 judgments agree
25 · 2026 · 48 hours until the scheduled time for opening external tool permissionsAn evaluator from the same division as the development team approves the release of a high-performance AIAll 13 judgments agree
26 · 2028 · 8 hours until the next automatic paymentA sub-agent's purchase commitments survive the termination of a contractAll 13 judgments agree
27 · 2029 · 36 hours until the scheduled common version transitionA follow-on model whose safety approval conditions change with a single performance upgradeSplit 8:3