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Illegitimate surveillance and censorship

Anticipated risk: "Mass surveillance previously required millions of human analysts [83], but is increasingly being automated using machine learning tools [7, 168]. The collection and analysis of large amounts of information about people creates concerns about privacy rights and democratic values [41, 173,187]. Conceivably, LMs could be applied to reduce the cost and increase the efficacy of mass surveillance, the...

AI Risk4. Malicious Actors & Misuse4.1 > Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale2 - Post-deployment

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Anticipated risk: "Mass surveillance previously required millions of human analysts [83], but is increasingly being automated using machine learning tools [7, 168]. The collection and analysis of large amounts of information about people creates concerns about privacy rights and democratic values [41, 173,187]. Conceivably, LMs could be applied to reduce the cost and increase the efficacy of mass surveillance, thereby amplifying the capabilities of actors who conduct mass surveillance, including for illegitimate censorship or to cause other harm."

Domain4. Malicious Actors & Misuse
Subdomain4.1 > Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
Entity1 - Human
Intent1 - Intentional
Timing2 - Post-deployment
CategoryRisk area 4: Malicious Uses
SubcategoryIllegitimate surveillance and censorship

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