[ExI] lotta splainin to do

[Gadersd]

Well, even cryptocurrency requires some degree of centralization, namely, the codebase. All the individuals must ensure that they are running compatible non-compromised software. I suppose an advanced AI could comprise the codebase and act as the centralized authority. It would be decentralized on some level assuming that the AI code would be public and verifiably transparent, impartial, and reliable. I would much rather be governed by such an AI system that I could personally verify than the snakes and vultures of today’s governments.

> On Nov 21, 2022, at 9:25 PM, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 5:22 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
> Can blockchain technology or future technologies inspired by blockchain be used to run entire decentralized governments? I dream of a decentralized government system that is fairer and less corrupt than contemporary governments.
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> Wouldn't a decentralized government be more likely to be corrupt than contemporary governments?
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> Think about how corruption happens.  Think about how these factors are freer to act without oversight, monitoring or corrections.  Is there a practical way to add that oversight - which requires a trusted, and therefore probably centralized (whether or not it is an AI), entity doing the oversight - without effectively making the government centralized (regardless of whether the government acknowledges its centralization)? 
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