What is the MIT AI Risk Repository?

A living database of AI risks extracted from 74 frameworks, taxonomies and papers, classified by a causal taxonomy (entity, intent, timing) and a domain taxonomy (7 domains, 24 subdomains). Published by the MIT AI Risk Initiative under CC BY 4.0.

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MIT AI Risk Repository

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Name: MIT AI Risk Repository: AI Risk Database (browseable copy)
Creator: MIT AI Risk Initiative
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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);"

From Advancing AI Governance: A Literature Review of Problems, Options, and Proposals (Maas2023)

Domain 4 4.2 Human Intentional Pre-deployment
53.03.06 · Risk Sub-Category

Direct catastrophe from AI

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

From Advancing AI Governance: A Literature Review of Problems, Options, and Proposals (Maas2023)

Domain 4 4.2 Other Other Post-deployment

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