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"Where a LM prediction endorses unethical or harmful views or behaviours, it may motivate the user to perform harmful actions that they may otherwise not have performed. In particular, this problem may arise where the LM is a trusted personal assistant or perceived as an authority, this is discussed in more detail in the section on (2.5 Human-Computer Interaction Harms). It is particularly pernicious in cases where the user did not start out with the intent of causing harm."
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Restrict Library Loading
Verify AI Artifacts
Vulnerability Scanning
User Training
AI Bill of Materials
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Ethical and social risks of harm from language models
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MIT AI Risk Repository
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