HUMHUM-003 — Human-AI Collaboration Design Flaws
AI Assistants Identified as Vectors for Political Manipulation and Social Fragmentation
4/5Sector: DefenceGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Advanced AI assistants demonstrate human-level persuasive capacity and pose documented risks of voter manipulation, misinformation spread, and political polarisation through targeted content and deep fakes. Boards face reputational, regulatory, and democratic accountability exposure where defence-adjacent AI tools interact with public discourse or personnel at scale.
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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