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Dehumanisation/objectification
Risk Domain
Using AI systems to gain a personal advantage over others such as through cheating, fraud, scams, blackmail or targeted manipulation of beliefs or behavior. Examples include AI-facilitated plagiarism for research or education, impersonating a trusted or fake individual for illegitimate financial benefit, or creating humiliating or sexual imagery.
"Dehumanisation/objectification - Use or misuse of a technology system to depict and/or treat people as not human, less than human, or as objects."(p. 17)
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 Abercrombie et al. (2024) (53)
Autonomy
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyOtherOtherOther
Autonomy > Autonomy/agency loss
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyOtherOtherOther
Autonomy > Impersonation/identity theft
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Autonomy > IP/copyright loss
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationHumanIntentionalOther
Autonomy > Personality rights loss
5.2 Loss of human agency and autonomyOtherOtherOther
Financial and business
4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulationHumanOtherPost-deployment