AI Society
Delegating by humans of key decisions to AI systems, or AI systems that make decisions that diminish human control and autonomy, potentially leading to humans feeling disempowered, losing the ability to shape a fulfilling life trajectory, or becoming cognitively enfeebled.
"AI already shapes many areas of daily life and thus has a strong impact on society and everyday social life. For instance, transportation, education, public safety and surveillance are areas where citizens encounter AI technology (Stone et al., 2016; Thierer et al., 2017). Many are concerned with the subliminal automation of more and more jobs and some people even fear the complete dependence on AI or perceive it as an existential threat to humanity (McGinnis, 2010; Scherer, 2016)."(p. 821)
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Workforce substitution and transformation
"Frey and Osborne (2017) analyzed over 700 different jobs regarding their potential for replacement and automation, finding that 47 percent of the analyzed jobs are at risk of being completely substituted by robots or algorithms. This substitution of workforce can have grave impacts on unemployment and the social status of members of society (Stone et al., 2016)"
6.2 Increased inequality and decline in employment qualityTransformation of H2M interaction
"Human interaction with machines is a big challenge to society because it is already changing human behavior. Meanwhile, it has become normal to use AI on an everyday basis, for example, googling for information, using navigation systems and buying goods via speaking to an AI assistant like Alexa or Siri (Mills, 2018; Thierer et al., 2017). While these changes greatly contribute to the acceptance of AI systems, this development leads to a problem of blurred borders between humans and machines, where it may become impossible to distinguish between them. Advances like Google Duplex were highly criticized for being too realistic and human without disclosing their identity as AI systems (Bergen, 2018)."
5.1 Overreliance and unsafe useOther risks from Wirtz, Weyerer & Sturm (2020) (11)
AI Law and Regulation
6.5 Governance failureAI Law and Regulation > Governance of autonomous intelligence systems
6.5 Governance failureAI Law and Regulation > Responsibility and accountability
6.5 Governance failureAI Law and Regulation > Privacy and safety
4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scaleAI Ethics
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessAI Ethics > AI-rulemaking for human behaviour
7.3 Lack of capability or robustness