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Inappropriate data splitting

AI Hazard Management: A Framework for the Systematic Management of Root Causes for AI Risks

Schnitzer et al. (2024)

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"In data-driven AI development, the annotated data set is commonly split into training, validation, and test sets, whereby it is essential that the latter is not used for development but only for evaluation. Using the test set for training manipulates the testing strategy, which is the basis of the system’s quality assurance."(p. 10)

Entity: Who or what caused the harm

Human

Due to a decision or action made by humans

AI system

Due to a decision or action made by an AI system

Other

Due to some other reason or is ambiguous

Intent: Whether the harm was intentional or accidental

Intentional

Due to an expected outcome from pursuing a goal

Unintentional

Due to an unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal

Other

Without clearly specifying the intentionality

Timing: Whether the risk is pre- or post-deployment

Pre-deployment

Occurring before the AI is deployed

Post-deployment

Occurring after the AI model has been trained and deployed

Other

Without a clearly specified time of occurrence

Other risks from Schnitzer et al. (2024) (24)

Inadequate specification of ODD

7.3 Lack of capability or robustness
HumanUnintentionalPre-deployment

Inappropriate degree of automation

7.2 AI possessing dangerous capabilities
AI systemUnintentionalPost-deployment

Inadequate planning of performance requirements

7.3 Lack of capability or robustness
HumanUnintentionalPre-deployment

Insufficient AI development documentation

7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretability
HumanOtherPre-deployment

Inappropriate degree of transparency to end users

7.4 Lack of transparency or interpretability
HumanOtherPre-deployment

Choice of untrustworthy data source

7.0 AI System Safety, Failures & Limitations
HumanUnintentionalPre-deployment
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