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Dystopian trajectory lock-in because of misuse of advanced AI to establish and/or maintain totalitarian regimes;
Risk Domain
AI-driven concentration of power and resources within certain entities or groups, especially those with access to or ownership of powerful AI systems, leading to inequitable distribution of benefits and increased societal inequality.
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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 Maas (2023) (25)
Alignment failures in existing ML systems
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesAI systemUnintentionalOther
Alignment failures in existing ML systems > Faulty reward functions in the wild
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesHumanUnintentionalPost-deployment
Alignment failures in existing ML systems > Specification gaming
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesAI systemIntentionalOther
Alignment failures in existing ML systems > Reward model overoptimization
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesAI systemIntentionalOther
Alignment failures in existing ML systems > Instrumental convergence
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesAI systemIntentionalPost-deployment
Alignment failures in existing ML systems > Goal misgeneralization
7.1 AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or valuesAI systemUnintentionalOther