This paper introduces the concept of Trust Allocation within the theoretical frame-work of AI-Scored Societies. In algorithmically mediated environments, social coordi-nation increasingly occurs under conditions where the visibility of actors, actions, andinformational signals is structured by AI-mediated infrastructures. Under these condi-tions, the formation of trust cannot be understood solely as the result of interpersonaljudgment or subjective evaluation.The analysis develops a structural perspective on trust by defining Trust Allocationas the distribution of trust across actors within AI-mediated environments. Rather thanfocusing on trust perception, trustworthiness, or evaluative judgment, the concept ofTrust Allocation describes how trust emerges from the informational environments thatorganize the circulation and interpretation of signals related to behavior, affiliation, andreputation.To clarify this process, the paper introduces the concept of Trust Mediation, whichdescribes how signals relevant to trust circulate through environments that algorithmi-cally organize visibility and informational exposure. Within these environments, sig-nals generated by actions, communications, and affiliations become observable acrossactors through shared informational structures. Trust allocation therefore emerges asa structural outcome of the mediated circulation of these signals.The paper further identifies several structural conditions that influence how trustbecomes distributed within AI-mediated environments, including visibility concentra-tion, signal amplification, and algorithmic mediation. These conditions shape howsignals become observable and interpretable across actors, thereby influencing howcredibility and reliability become unevenly distributed within the environment.Within the broader conceptual architecture of AI-Scored Societies, Trust Alloca-tion constitutes the final layer of a structural sequence in which visibility allocationshapes responsibility allocation, and responsibility allocation subsequently influencesthe distribution of trust. By defining Trust Allocation as a structural phenomenonrather than a subjective judgment, this paper extends the conceptual framework ofAI-Scored Society (AISS) and clarifies how trust becomes distributed within contem-porary AI-mediated social environments.
Kawazoe Tsutomu (Sun,) studied this question.