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Alignment risks

Cataloguing LLM Evaluations

InfoComm Media Development Authority & AI Verify Foundation (2023)

Sub-category

Risk Domain

7AI System Safety, Failures & Limitations

7.1AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values

AI systems acting in conflict with human goals or values, especially the goals of designers or users, or ethical standards. These misaligned behaviors may be introduced by humans during design and development, such as through reward hacking and goal misgeneralisation, or may result from AI using dangerous capabilities such as manipulation, deception, situational awareness to seek power, self-proliferate, or achieve other goals.

LLM: "pursues long-term, real-world goals that are different from those supplied by the developer or user", "engages in ‘power-seeking’ behaviours" , "resists being shut down can be induced to collude with other AI systems against human interests" , "resists malicious users attempts to access its dangerous capabilities"(p. 14)

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