Cooperation substrate ↑ · institutional

Mutual dependency

Physical and institutional dependencies between multiple parties can be engineered faster than political coordination and outlast it.

Mechanism

Engineer AI ecosystem so powerful moves require cooperation from multiple independent parties, via dual-key arming, multi-jurisdiction compute, and distinct approval bodies.

Coordinates

Primary leverCooperation substrate (AI-inclusive)

Acts oninstitutional

Coercionfriction

Actor in controlhumans

Time horizonpre transition

Legitimacy sourcetechnical

Conflicts, grouped by mechanism

No strict conflicts catalogued. This strategy pulls a lever that nothing else pulls in the opposite direction.

Complements, grouped by mechanism

Same phase, different layer

same stage, distinct levers

Both are active in the same phase of the transition but act on different layers (model vs institution vs culture). They cover different failure modes inside the same window.

Compute governanceGovernance first

Same-side diversification

same side, different lever

Both act on the same side (AI or world) but pull distinct levers. They cover several failure modes on that side while leaving the other side uncovered.

Distributed builders

Shared authority

same legitimacy source

Different levers, same legitimacy source (democratic, state, technical, market). The pair hangs together under one kind of authority; it stands or falls with that authority.

Rate limited AI

Same-lever reinforce

same lever, same pull, different mechanism

Both strategies pull the same lever in the same direction by different means. They stack: doing both amplifies the pull, at the cost of double-counting in portfolio audits.

Coordination infrastructure

Same-lever twins

Both use the same lever in the same direction. Usually redundant inside a portfolio: each dollar or effort unit only buys one lever pull, even if two strategies are named.

AI welfare as safetytwinCooperative AItwin

Axis position

What the strategy acts onInstitutional

Coercion levelFriction

Actor in controlHumans as principals

Time horizonPre-transition

Legitimacy sourceTechnical

Source note: Mutual dependency as strategy.md