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GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps

AI Evaluation Frameworks Systematically Underweight Hard-to-Measure Human Values

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

Executive Summary

Benchmark-driven AI assessments favour values that are easy to quantify, crowding out harder-to-measure but equally important human values from model development priorities. Governance frameworks built on such evaluations produce a distorted picture of AI alignment, exposing public-sector deployers to undetected ethical risk.

Domain

Governance & Compliance

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

Source

MIT AI Risk Repository — Risk Sources and Risk Management Measures in Support of Standards for General-Purpose AI Systems (Gipiškis2024) ↗

https://airisk.mit.edu/

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