Developments in AI enable actors to undermine democratic processes
A Survey of the Potential Long-term Impacts of AI: How AI Could Lead to Long-term Changes in Science, Cooperation, Power, Epistemics and Values
Using AI systems to conduct large-scale disinformation campaigns, malicious surveillance, or targeted and sophisticated automated censorship and propaganda, with the aim of manipulating political processes, public opinion, and behavior.
"Developments in AI are giving companies and governments more control over individuals’ lives than ever before, and may possibly be used to undermine democratic processes. We are already seeing how the collection of large amounts of personal data can be used to surveil and influence populations, for example the use of facial recognition technology to surveil Uighur and other minority populations in China [66]. Further advances in language modelling could also be used to develop tools that can effectively persuade people of certain claims [42]."(p. 5)
Part of Increased power concentration and inequality
Other risks from Clarke2023 (19)
Worsened conflict
6.4 Competitive dynamicsWorsened conflict > AI enables development of weapons of mass destruction
4.2 Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harmWorsened conflict > AI enables automation of military decision-making
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyWorsened conflict > AI-induced strategic instability
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyWorsened conflict > Resource conflicts driven by AI development
6.4 Competitive dynamicsIncreased power concentration and inequality
6.1 Power centralization and unfair distribution of benefits