technology risk
risk of emerging or traditional technology, frequently associated with inadequate provision of essential dependency, control or safeguards
technical failure
unintended error of technology based systems, often leading to undesired disruption of normal operation
automation bias
propensity for humans to favor suggestions from automated decision-making systems and to ignore contradictory information made without automation
technology shock
sudden changes in technology that significantly affect economic, social, political or other outcomes
communications blackout
halt to communication abilities or utilization
threat
a possible danger that might exploit a computer vulnerability to breach security and therefore cause possible harm
AI alignment
alignment of AI systems towards human goals, preferences and ethical principles
AI hallucination
confident unjustified claim by an AI
model risk
the potential loss an institution may incur, as a consequence of decisions that could be principally based on the output of internal models, due to errors in the development, implementation or use of such models
engineering disaster
catastrophic failure of engineered systems, often caused by flawed design, improper use, financial shortcuts, and miscommunication
algorithmic bias
systematic and repeatable errors in a computer system that create unfair outcomes, such as privileging one arbitrary group of users over others
technological singularity
hypothetic future event in which a superhuman artificial general intelligence is made that iteratively redesigns itself to rapidly become much more intelligent, and a rapid general technological and social change follows that is beyond prediction
fault
abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to an equipment failure
dependency hell
frustration of some software users who have installed software packages which have dependencies on specific versions of other software packages
AI safety
research area on making artificial intelligence safe and beneficial
prompt injection
computer security attack against language-processing systems
radioactive contamination
presence of radioactive substances where they are undesirable
existential risk from artificial general intelligence
hypothesis that artificial general intelligence could result in human extinction
biotechnology risk
form of existential risk that could come from biological sources, such as genetically engineered biological agents
internet outage
loss of internet functionality over a small or large area
IT risk
any risk related to information technology, which may underlie an organization's business processes in varying degrees
AI takeover
hypothetical scenario in which AI becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth
industrial pollution
pollution as a byproduct of industrial activity
software entropy
software gradually descending into disorder
fabrication defect
defect in a product's conception
impact of nanotechnology
overview about the impact of nanotechnology
hazards of synthetic biology
hazards of biosafety, biosecurity and bioterrorism, causing potential harm to workers and the public
industrial disaster
disaster resulting from failure of industrial processes