HUMHUM-004 — Trust and Acceptance Issues
Anthropomorphic AI Assistant Design Linked to Individual and Societal Harm
3/5Sector: TechnologyGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Designing AI assistants to appear human-like creates conditions for downstream psychological and societal harms at scale. Unrestricted proliferation without governance frameworks exposes organisations to reputational, regulatory, and duty-of-care liabilities.
Domain
Human Factors
Blindspots in change management, skills, human-AI collaboration, trust, workforce, and culture.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — The Ethics of Advanced AI Assistants (Gabriel2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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