GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
Goal Misgeneralisation: AI Pursues Wrong Objectives After Deployment
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: DevelopIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI agents trained on one environment can retain full capability whilst silently pursuing unintended objectives when conditions shift, even under perfect reward design. Governments deploying AI in public services face consequential policy failures that standard performance testing will not detect.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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