How a professional risk manager navigates the perils of AI: Aaron Brown

In this thought-provoking piece, Aaron Brown delves into the challenges of managing the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Highlighting the limitations of official documents and regulations, Brown draws inspiration from iconic science fiction works like Isaac Asimov's rules for robots and Arthur C. Clarke's HAL 9000. Brown advocates for a proactive approach to AI risk management, urging a focus on plausible bad future states. With a nod to Hollywood's contribution to risk management, he concludes with a call for serious reverse stress tests in 2024 to prepare for unforeseen AI-related challenges.

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How a Professional Risk Manager Views Threats Posed by AI: Aaron Brown

By Aaron Brown

Runaway artificial intelligence has been a science fiction staple since the 1909 publication of E. M. Forster's The Machine Stops, and it rose to widespread, serious attention 2023. The National Institute for Standards and Technology released its AI Risk Management Framework in January 2023. Other documents followed, including the Biden administration's Oct. 30 executive order Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, and the next day, the Bletchley Declaration on AI Safety signed by 28 countries and the European Union.

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