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Sk

S-Risk

Severity10/10

S-Risk

Suffering risks at astronomical scale and potentially eternal duration caused by misaligned AI that actively creates scenarios of maximum suffering.

Periodic recordExistentialarXiv

Mitigation Strategy

Prioritization of prevention of absolute worst cases, design of utility functions that heavily weight avoiding extreme suffering, and research in s-risk mitigation.

Atomic Number

102

Sk

Risk ID

no-102

Severity

10/10

Severity Level

102
Critical Risk
Existential
no-102
Sk

S-Risk

S-Risk

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S-Risk

Sk
Severity Level10/10

Definition

Suffering risks at astronomical scale and potentially eternal duration caused by misaligned AI that actively creates scenarios of maximum suffering.

Mitigation Strategy

Prioritization of prevention of absolute worst cases, design of utility functions that heavily weight avoiding extreme suffering, and research in s-risk mitigation.

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