The book reads Madison as designing against misaligned superintelligences, namely large institutions, and its rule is one our design rests on: give each part the least power its job needs, set parts against each other, and trade speed for safety. For AI agents this licenses deliberately slowing consequential actions to the speed at which they can be checked, instead of treating the speed gap as fixed.

Evidence 2 passages

• groundsGaming the Future, Allison Duettmann

  Ordering the system so that institutions pursue conflicting ends with limited means is more realistic than building any one system that wants the right goals.

• groundsGaming the Future, Allison Duettmann

  Decreasing speed and efficiency in favor of reducing more serious risks is a positive trade-off.

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