Societal destabilisation
Societal destabilisation - Societal instability in the form of strikes, demonstrations and other types of civil unrest caused by loss of jobs to technology, unfair algorithmic outcomes, disinformation, etc.
ENTITY
2 - AI
INTENT
3 - Other
TIMING
2 - Post-deployment
Risk ID
mit975
Domain lineage
6. Socioeconomic and Environmental
6.2 > Increased inequality and decline in employment quality
Mitigation strategy
1. Establish comprehensive Public Awareness and Digital Resilience campaigns to counter AI-driven disinformation, deepfakes, and targeted influence operations, thereby safeguarding electoral integrity and social cohesion. 2. Implement mandatory, independent Societal Impact Assessments and rigorous auditing for high-risk AI systems to ensure algorithmic fairness, increase transparency, and enforce accountability for potential unfair outcomes and bias amplification. 3. Enforce a robust Legal Liability regime (e.g., strict liability) on developers of general-purpose AI models for potential societal harms or misuse, incentivizing proactive investment in safety research and responsible deployment to mitigate catastrophic socioeconomic destabilization.