Intentional: socially condemned/illegal
The development and operation of AI systems causing environmental harm, such as through energy consumption of data centers, or material and carbon footprints associated with AI hardware.
"Many intentional harms, including confinement, husbandry procedures like tail-docking, and slaughter, are legal or socially accepted, while others such as wildlife trafficking and violence against companion animals are generally socially condemned and often illegal. AI can be designed or adopted by humans who harm animals to pursue their goals more effectively. We therefore distinguish AI-facilitated intentional harms that are currently socially accepted and generally legal, from uses and abuses of AI that cause harms that are not socially accepted and are often illegal."(p. 13)
Sub-categories (2)
AI intentionally designed and used to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal
6.6 Environmental harmAI designed to benefit animals, humans, or ecosystems is intentionally abused to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal
6.6 Environmental harmOther risks from Coghlan & Parker (2023) (11)
Intentional: socially accepted/legal
6.6 Environmental harmUnintentional: direct
6.6 Environmental harmUnintentional: direct > AI is designed in a way that shows ignorant, reckless, or prejudiced lack of consideration for its impact on animals
6.6 Environmental harmUnintentional: direct > AI harms animals due to mistake or misadventure in the way the AI operates in practice
6.6 Environmental harmUnintentional: indirect
6.6 Environmental harmUnintentional: indirect > Indirect Material Harms
6.6 Environmental harm