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Societal System Harms

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Description

"Social system or societal harms reflect the adverse macro-level effects of new and reconfigurable algorithmic systems, such as systematizing bias and inequality [84] and accelerating the scale of harm [137]"

From Sociotechnical Harms of Algorithmic Systems: Scoping a Taxonomy for Harm Reduction (Shelby2023), as extracted by the MIT AI Risk Repository (CC BY 4.0).

Classification

Domain: 6. Socioeconomic & Environmental
Subdomain: 6.0
Causal entity: AI
Intent: Unintentional
Timing: Post-deployment

How other frameworks describe this risk

Societal and Cultural
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of right to liberty and security
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of right to due process
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of social rights and access to public services
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of freedom of speech/expression
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of right to information
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of freedom of assembly/association
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)
Loss of right to free elections
A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Other entries from Shelby2023

Representational Harms Risk Category · 1.1
Stereotyping social groups Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Demeaning social groups Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Erasing social groups Risk Sub-Category · 1.3
Alienating social groups Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Denying people the opportunity to self-identify Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Reifying essentialist categories Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Allocative Harms Risk Category · 1.1
Opportunity loss Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Economic loss Risk Sub-Category · 1.1
Quality-of-Service Harms Risk Category · 1.3
Alienation Risk Sub-Category · 1.3