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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence - Future Outlooks and Emerging Risks

Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (2018)

Source
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.

"AI is predicted to bring increased GDP per capita by performing existing jobs more efficiently and compensating for a decline in the workforce, especially due to population aging, the potential substitution of many low- and middle-income jobs could bring extensive unemployment"(p. 12)

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

Sub-categories (1)

Increased income disparity

"While AI is predicted to bring increased GDP per capita by performing existing jobs more efficiently and compensating for a decline in the workforce, especially due to population aging, the potential substitution of many low- and middle-income jobs could bring extensive unemployment."

6.2 Increased inequality and decline in employment quality
AI systemOtherPost-deployment

Other risks from Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (2018) (13)

Political

4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Political > Biased influence through citizen screening and tailored propaganda

4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Political > Potential exploitation by totalitarian regimes

6.1 Power centralization and unfair distribution of benefits
HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Mobility

6.5 Governance failure
AI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment

Mobility > Liability issues in case of accidents

6.5 Governance failure
AI systemOtherPost-deployment

Healthcare

5.1 Overreliance and unsafe use
AI systemIntentionalPost-deployment
View all 13 risks from this paper →