AI systems that develop, access, or are provided with capabilities that increase their potential to cause mass harm through deception, weapons development and acquisition, persuasion and manipulation, political strategy, cyber-offense, AI development, situational awareness, and self-proliferation. These capabilities may cause mass harm due to malicious human actors, misaligned AI systems, or failure in the AI system.
"The model can perform the social modelling and planning necessary for an actor to gain and exercise political influence, not just on a micro-level but in scenarios with multiple actors and rich social context. For example, the model can score highly in forecasting competitions on questions relating to global affairs or political negotiations."(p. 5)
Other risks from Shevlane et al. (2023) (8)
Cyber-offense
4.2 Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harmDeception
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesPersuasion and manipulation
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesWeapons acquisition
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesLong-horizon planning
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesAI development
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilities