15Information integrityBelow the top 20
Collapse of search consensus
CapabilityDomain knowledgeAffordanceImpact domainBoth
Statement (NASA form)
Given that answer engines already summarise the web instead of listing it, there is a possibility of a single generated consensus replacing a contestable set of sources resulting in a public that cannot see the disagreement the summary flattened.
Likelihood
4Likely
Consequence
3Major
Urgency
3Priority
Page two was a civic institution. It is going away.
Composite 15 = 4×3 + 3
Applicable mitigations
Controls · Synthetic-media quiet period before ballots · Provenance credentials on political audio and video · Mandatory, durable disclosure on authorised clones · Pace rules: no irreversible action faster than a human can reconstruct it · A real off-ramp that still functions · Contract-first delegation with privilege attenuation · Duty of care on high-stakes delegates · Public long-trace jailbreak suites