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Usurpation of jobs by automation

Social Impacts of Artificial Intelligence and Mitigation Recommendations: An Exploratory Study

Paes, Silveira & Akkari (2023)

SourceDOI
Category
Risk Domain
6Socioeconomic & Environmental
6.2Increased inequality and decline in employment quality

Social and economic inequalities caused by widespread use of AI, such as by automating jobs, reducing the quality of employment, or producing exploitative dependencies between workers and their employers.

"Eliminated jobs in various types of companies."(p. 524)

Entity— Who or what caused the harm

Human

Due to a decision or action made by humans

AI system

Due to a decision or action made by an AI system

Other

Due to some other reason or is ambiguous

Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental

Intentional

Due to an expected outcome from pursuing a goal

Unintentional

Due to an unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal

Other

Without clearly specifying the intentionality

Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment

Pre-deployment

Occurring before the AI is deployed

Post-deployment

Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed

Other

Without a clearly specified time of occurrence

Other risks from Paes, Silveira & Akkari (2023) (6)

Bias and discrimination

1.1 Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
AI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment

Risk of Injury

1.1 Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
HumanUnintentionalPost-deployment

Data Breach/Privacy & Liberty

1.1 Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
AI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment

Lack of transparency

7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretability
AI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment

Reduced Autonomy/Responsibility

5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomy
OtherUnintentionalPost-deployment

Environmental Impacts

6.6 Environmental harm
HumanUnintentionalPost-deployment