Edit Wars on Wikipedia: A Case Study of Unintended Consequences in AI Development and the Need for Responsible AI Governance
This incident involving AI bots on Wikipedia highlights the potential pitfalls of unchecked AI development. The bots, initially intended to improve content, instead led to edit wars among users. This underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, safe and secure AI, and robust governance mechanisms. Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/7
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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.
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