MIT AI Risk Repository · domain 6: Socioeconomic & Environmental
6.2 Increased inequality and decline in employment quality
Widespread use of AI increasing social and economic inequalities, such as by automating jobs, reducing the quality of employment, or producing exploitative dependencies between workers and their employers.
Risk entries
55
Frameworks citing it
12
Recorded incidents
6
Incidents since 2020
3
Causal entity (risk entries)
Causal entity (risk entries)
Label
Value
Human
25
AI
18
Other
11
Not coded
1
Intent (risk entries)
Intent (risk entries)
Label
Value
Other
23
Intentional
19
Unintentional
12
Not coded
1
Timing (risk entries)
Timing (risk entries)
Label
Value
Post-deployment
40
Other
8
Pre-deployment
6
Not coded
1
Recorded incidents per yearIncident date; current year partial
Recorded incidents per year
Label
Value
2014
1
2015
1
2016
1
2021
1
2023
1
2024
1
Entries by levelRisk categories, subcategories and additional evidence coded to this subdomain
"In the context of economic AI risks two major risks dominate. These refer to the disruption of the economic system due to an increase of AI technologies and automation. For instance, a higher level o...
Governance of artificial intelligence: A risk and guideline-based integrative framework (Wirtz2022) · Other · Other · Post-deployment
"Social AI risks particularly refer to loss of jobs (technological unemployment) due to increasing automation, reflected in a growing resistance by employees towards the integration of AI (Thierer et...
Governance of artificial intelligence: A risk and guideline-based integrative framework (Wirtz2022) · Human · Other · Post-deployment
