BackLabour Displacement
Labour Displacement
Risk Domain
Social and economic inequalities caused by widespread use of AI, such as by automating jobs, reducing the quality of employment, or producing exploitative dependencies between workers and their employers.
"While virtual AI applications will likely displace certain types of human cognitive labor, EAI systems could significantly replace or displace physical human labor [90]. At a minimum, EAI will likely augment the type of work that humans perform [91, 92]."(p. 5)
Entity— Who or what caused the harm
Intent— Whether the harm was intentional or accidental
Timing— Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment
Supporting Evidence (1)
1.
"Future technological advances will likely accelerate this displacement process, as increasingly capable EAI systems perform complex, multi-step physical tasks beyond assembly lines—for instance, by serving as tourist guides or teaching in classrooms, and all without the need for sleep, breaks, sick leave, or"(p. 5)
Other risks from Perlo et al. (2025) (12)
Economic Risks
6.0 Socioeconomic & EnvironmentalNot codedNot codedNot coded
Purposeful or malicious harm
4.2 Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harmHumanIntentionalPost-deployment
Accidental harm
OtherUnintentionalPost-deployment
Privacy Violations
2.1 Compromise of privacy by leaking or correctly inferring sensitive informationAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Misinformation
3.1 False or misleading informationAI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment
Socioeconomic Inequality
6.2 Increased inequality and decline in employment qualityAI systemUnintentionalOther