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GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps

AGI Value Specification: The Risk of Misaligned Goal Design

3/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —

Executive Summary

Specifying correct goals for advanced AI systems is a foundational unsolved problem, with reward corruption, gaming, and unintended side effects identified as concrete failure modes. Governments deploying or regulating AI systems face material risk if procurement and oversight frameworks assume goal alignment can be achieved by default.

Domain

Governance & Compliance

Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — AGI Safety Literature Review (Everitt2018) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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