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This paper aims to help structure the risk landscape associated with large-scale Language Models (LMs). In order to foster advances in responsible innovation, an in-depth understanding of the potential risks posed by these models is needed. A wide range of established and anticipated risks are analysed in detail, drawing on multidisciplinary expertise and literature from computer science, linguistics, and social sciences. We outline six specific risk areas: I. Discrimination, Exclusion and Toxicity, II. Information Hazards, III. Misinformation Harms, V. Malicious Uses, V. Human-Computer Interaction Harms, VI. Automation, Access, and Environmental Harms. The first area concerns the perpetuation of stereotypes, unfair discrimination, exclusionary norms, toxic language, and lower performance by social group for LMs. The second focuses on risks from private data leaks or LMs correctly inferring sensitive information. The third addresses risks arising from poor, false or misleading information including in sensitive domains, and knock-on risks such as the erosion of trust in shared information. The fourth considers risks from actors who try to use LMs to cause harm. The fifth focuses on

Author

Weidinger, Laura; Mellor, John; Rauh, Maribeth; Griffin, Conor; Uesato, Jonathan; Huang, Po-Sen; Cheng, Myra; Glaese, Mia; Balle, Borja; Kasirzadeh, Atoosa; Kenton, Zac; Brown, Sasha; Hawkins, Will; Stepleton, Tom; Biles, Courtney; Birhane, Abeba; Haas, Julia; Rimell, Laura; Hendricks, Lisa Anne; Isaac, William; Legassick, Sean; Irving, Geoffrey; Gabriel, Iason

Published

2021

Language

EN