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Risk Domain
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.
"Risk to the existence of humanity."(p. 31)
Entity— Who or what caused the harm
Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Other risks from Teixeira et al. (2022) (15)
Accountability
7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretabilityOtherOtherOther
Manipulation
4.1 Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scaleAI systemIntentionalPost-deployment
Accuracy
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Moral
7.3 Lack of capability or robustnessOtherUnintentionalPost-deployment
Bias
1.1 Unfair discrimination and misrepresentationAI systemUnintentionalPre-deployment
Opacity
7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretabilityAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment