MIT AI Risk Repository
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2 risk entries extracted from 74 frameworks, coded by domain, subdomain, causal entity, intent and timing. Filter, then export the current selection with its licence and citation attached.
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53.02.02 · Risk Sub-Category
Dangerous capabilities in AI systems
Acquisition of a goal to harm society
"cases of AI systems being given the outright goal of harming humanity (ChaosGPT);"
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53.03.06 · Risk Sub-Category
Failures in or misuse of intermediary (non-AGI) AI systems, resulting in catastrophe
"Deployment of “prepotent” AI systems that are non-general but capable of outperforming human collective efforts on various key dimensions;170 → Militarization of AI enabling mass attacks using swarms of lethal autonomous weapons systems;171 → Military use of AI leading to (intentional or unintentional) nuclear escalation, either because machine learning systems are directly integrated in nuclear command and control systems in ways that result in escalation172 or because conventional AI-enabled systems (e.g., autonomous ships) are deployed in ways that result in provocation and escalation;173
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Frequently asked questions
Where do these risk entries come from?
The MIT AI Risk Repository, which extracts risks from dozens of published frameworks, taxonomies and papers and codes each one by domain and subdomain, and by a causal taxonomy of entity, intent and timing. This is a browseable copy, attributed and openly licensed, not original research.
What do entity, intent and timing mean?
They are the causal coding. Entity is whether a human or the AI system is the cause; intent is whether the harm was intentional or not; timing is whether it arises before or after deployment. Together they let you separate misuse from malfunction.
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A living database of AI risks extracted from published frameworks, taxonomies and papers, classified by a causal taxonomy of entity, intent and timing and by a domain taxonomy of seven domains and 24 subdomains. It is published by the MIT AI Risk Initiative under CC BY 4.0.