MIT AI Risk Repository · Risk Category · 14.08.00
Technological Maturity
Description
"The technological maturity level describes how mature and error-free a certain technology is in a certain application context. If new technologies with a lower level of maturity are used in the development of the AI system, they may contain risks that are still unknown or difficult to assess.Mature technologies, on the other hand, usually have a greater variety of empirical data available, which means that risks can be identified and assessed more easily. However, with mature technologies, there is a risk that risk awareness decreases over time"
From Sources of Risk of AI Systems (Steimers2022), as extracted by the MIT AI Risk Repository (CC BY 4.0).
Classification
- Subdomain
- 6.4 Competitive dynamics
- Causal entity
- Other
- Intent
- Unintentional
- Timing
- Other
Subdomain definition: AI developers or state-like actors competing in an AI ‘race’ by rapidly developing, deploying, and applying AI systems to maximize strategic or economic advantage, increasing the risk they release unsafe and error-prone systems.
Real-world incidents in this subdomain
- Korean Internet Portal Giant Naver Manipulated Shopping and Video Search Algorithms to Favor In-House Services
- Apple Tweaked App Store Ranking Algorithms, Allegedly Resulted in Demotion of Local Apps in China
- Inefficiencies in the United States Resident Matching Program