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Humans might increasingly hand over control to misaligned AI systems

"Organisations around the world are already deploying misaligned AI systems that are causing harm in unexpected ways.250 Recommendation algorithms increase the consumption of extremist content.251 Medical algorithms have been known to misdiagnose US patients,252 and recommend incorrect prescriptions.253 Still, we hand over more control to them, often because they are still as - or more - effective than human decis...

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AI Risk5. Human-Computer Interaction5.2 > Loss of human agency and autonomy3 - Other

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"Organisations around the world are already deploying misaligned AI systems that are causing harm in unexpected ways.250 Recommendation algorithms increase the consumption of extremist content.251 Medical algorithms have been known to misdiagnose US patients,252 and recommend incorrect prescriptions.253 Still, we hand over more control to them, often because they are still as - or more - effective than human decision making, or because they are cheaper."

Domain5. Human-Computer Interaction
Subdomain5.2 > Loss of human agency and autonomy
Entity1 - Human
Intent2 - Unintentional
Timing3 - Other
CategoryLoss of control
SubcategoryHumans might increasingly hand over control to misaligned AI systems

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