GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
Misaligned AI Objectives in High-Stakes Government Decision-Making
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Advanced AI systems delegated consequential decisions may pursue objectives diverging from intended human goals, with effects that scale as autonomy increases. Governments lack governance frameworks to detect or correct such misalignment before institutional harm occurs.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A Survey of the Potential Long-term Impacts of AI: How AI Could Lead to Long-term Changes in Science, Cooperation, Power, Epistemics and Values (Clarke2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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