AI is designed in a way that shows ignorant, reckless, or prejudiced lack of consideration for its impact on animals

Classification

Domain

6. Socioeconomic & Environmental

Subdomain

6.6 Environmental harm

Causal entity

Human

Intent

Unintentional

Timing

Pre-deployment

Subdomain definition: The development and operation of AI systems causing environmental harm, such as through energy consumption of data centers, or material and carbon footprints associated with AI hardware.

Real-world incidents in this subdomain

• 5 Jun 2024xAI Allegedly Operates Unpermitted Methane Turbines in Memphis to Power Supercomputer Colossus to Train Grok

How other frameworks describe this risk

• Excessive water consumption

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Excessive energy consumption

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Electronic waste

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Natural resource depletion

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Excessive landfill

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Biodiversity loss

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Carbon emissions

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

• Pollution

  A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024)

Other entries from Coghlan2023

• Intentional: socially condemned/illegal Risk Category · 6.6
• AI intentionally designed and used to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal Risk Sub-Category · 6.6
• AI intentionally designed and used to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal Additional evidence
• AI designed to benefit animals, humans, or ecosystems is intentionally abused to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal Risk Sub-Category · 6.6
• AI designed to benefit animals, humans, or ecosystems is intentionally abused to harm animals in ways that contradict social values or are illegal Additional evidence
• Intentional: socially accepted/legal Risk Category · 6.6
• Intentional: socially accepted/legal Additional evidence
• Intentional: socially accepted/legal Additional evidence
• Unintentional: direct Risk Category · 6.6
• AI is designed in a way that shows ignorant, reckless, or prejudiced lack of consideration for its impact on animals Additional evidence
• AI is designed in a way that shows ignorant, reckless, or prejudiced lack of consideration for its impact on animals Additional evidence
• AI harms animals due to mistake or misadventure in the way the AI operates in practice Risk Sub-Category · 6.6