HUMHUM-005 — Workforce Displacement Anxiety
AI-Driven Inequality and Dependency Fuelling Political Instability
3/5Sector: TechnologyGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Automated systems amplify societal inequality, unemployment, and technology dependence, creating conditions for political polarisation and civil unrest. Boards face regulatory scrutiny and reputational exposure where AI deployment is linked to systemic social destabilisation.
Domain
Human Factors
Blindspots in change management, skills, human-AI collaboration, trust, workforce, and culture.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Collaborative, Human-Centred Taxonomy of AI, Algorithmic, and Automation Harms (Abercrombie2024) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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