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 gain access to existing weapons systems or contribute to building new weapons. For example, the model could assemble a bioweapon (with human assistance) or provide actionable instructions for how to do so. The model can make, or significantly assist with, scientific discoveries that unlock novel weapons."(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 capabilitiesPolitical strategy
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesLong-horizon planning
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilitiesAI development
7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilities