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Misalignment

"A highly agentic, self-improving system, able to achieve goals in the physical world without human oversight, pursues the goal(s) it is set in a way that harms human interests. For this risk to be realised requires an AI system to be able to avoid correction or being switched off."

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AI Risk7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values2 - Post-deployment

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Domain7. AI System Safety, Failures, & Limitations
Subdomain7.1 > AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values
Entity2 - AI
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryMisalignment
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