Exploring the Ethical Implications of Feeding Violent Content to an AI: The MIT Reddit Experiment
An exploration into a controversial AI experiment conducted by MIT scientists, where they fed violent content from Reddit to an AI system. This incident highlights the need for responsible AI governance and raises awareness about the potential dangers of unchecked AI development. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US: Help us establish safeguards for AI and promote trustworthy AI development.
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/41
Data source
Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
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