# Skin in the Game Made the AI Supervisor Worse

Source: https://dinand.com/publications/skin-in-the-game/
Author: Dinand Tinholt
Published: 2026-09-09

> A controlled experiment on the cost of wrongful blocks and the incentives that shape an AI reviewer.

Article overview

Across 30,000 synthetic decision episodes, a reviewer carrying a record of past harm became more likely to block correct decisions. The article examines the consequences for oversight design and argues for measuring the opportunity cost of refusal. It also describes the study’s limits: one model family, constructed tasks and results that should be interpreted within that setting.

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