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OPSOPS-001 — Monitoring and Alerting Inadequacies

AI Systems Cause Harm When Human Values Are Omitted from Design

5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

AI systems produce harmful outputs when essential human values are excluded or misrepresented during development, embedding unethical behaviour directly into operational processes. Boards face reputational, regulatory, and legal exposure if value alignment is not treated as a core engineering requirement rather than an afterthought.

Domain

Operational Management

Blindspots in monitoring, incident response, performance, scalability, integration, and business continuity.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — AI Alignment: A Comprehensive Survey (Ji2023) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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