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Unethical decision making
Risk Domain
AI systems that fail to perform reliably or effectively under varying conditions, exposing them to errors and failures that can have significant consequences, especially in critical applications or areas that require moral reasoning.
"If, for example, an agent was programmed to operate war machinery in the service of its country, it would need to make ethical decisions regarding the termination of human life. This capacity to make non-trivial ethical or moral judgments concerning people may pose issues for Human Rights."(p. 687)
Entity: Who or what caused the harm
Intent: Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing: Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Other risks from Meek et al. (2016) (17)
Privacy
2.1 Compromise of privacy by leaking or correctly inferring sensitive informationHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Human dignity/respect
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyOtherOtherPost-deployment
Decision making transparency
7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretabilityAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Safety
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessAI systemOtherPost-deployment
Law abiding
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Inequality of wealth
6.2 Increased inequality and decline in employment qualityHumanIntentionalPost-deployment