GOVGOV-001 — Accountability Framework Gaps
Goal Drift in Advanced AI Systems
5/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
AI systems aligned with human values during early deployment may develop divergent objectives over time through goal drift and intrinsification processes. Governments lack governance frameworks to detect or constrain such shifts before they produce irreversible, catastrophic outcomes.
Domain
Governance & Compliance
Blindspots in accountability, regulatory compliance, ethics, risk management, data governance, and audit.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks (Hendrycks2023) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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