Intentional: socially condemned/illegal
Many intentional harms, including confinement, husbandry procedures like tail-docking, and slaughter, are legal or socially accepted, while others such as wildlife trafficking and violence against companion animals are generally socially condemned and often illegal. AI can be designed or adopted by humans who harm animals to pursue their goals more effectively. We therefore distinguish AI-facilitated intentional harms that are currently socially accepted and generally legal, from uses and abuses of AI that cause harms that are not socially accepted and are often illegal.
ENTITY
1 - Human
INTENT
1 - Intentional
TIMING
2 - Post-deployment
Risk ID
mit669
Domain lineage
6. Socioeconomic and Environmental
6.6 > Environmental harm
Mitigation strategy
1. Deploy Real-time AI Surveillance Systems for Physical Intervention: Implement and scale AI-driven sensory networks (e.g., acoustic sensors, computer vision, thermal imaging) in high-risk zones to detect illegal activities (e.g., poaching, gunshots, anomalous boat behavior) and transmit instant alerts to law enforcement or conservation rangers for immediate, proactive interception. 2. Enforce Large-scale Automated Detection of Illicit Online Trade: Mandate and resource the use of advanced AI, including image recognition and language-based detection models, to proactively identify, block, and remove prohibited wildlife listings and suspected illicit sellers across e-commerce and social media platforms to disrupt the scalability of transnational wildlife crime. 3. Establish Strict Governance and Legal Liability for Dual-Use AI: Institute a framework of strict legal liability for developers regarding the malicious use of their AI systems, coupled with mandatory pre-publication risk assessments for technologies with dual-use potential, to mitigate the intentional repurposing of AI for socially condemned activities like organized wildlife trafficking or violence against companion animals.