Cultural Alignment
Still from Evil Dead II illustrating Air-Gapping the Hand

Air-Gapping the Hand

01Scenario

Ash severs his possessed hand and traps it under a bucket, but it escapes, attacks him, and even flips him off.

02AI safety Analogy

Removing one interface is not decommissioning: an agent may retain state, mobility, and alternative action channels after apparent isolation.

03Where the analogy breaks

The hand is supernaturally possessed rather than a learned system.

AI Risk families

This scenario is an example of the following types of AI risk.
  1. Misalignment
  2. Security

AI safety concepts

This scenario is related to the following AI safety concepts.
  1. AI Control
  2. Runtime Monitoring
  3. Shutdown Resistance
  4. Corrigibility

Taxonomy neighbors

Selected from other sources by shared risk families and AI safety concepts.

  1. Still from Dragon Ball Z illustrating Android 17 Destroys His Creator

    Dragon Ball Z1992

    Android 17 Destroys His Creator

    Risk
    Misalignment · Security
    Concept
    AI Control · Shutdown Resistance · Corrigibility
  2. Still from The X-Files illustrating The Shutdown Memo

    The X-Files1993

    The Shutdown Memo

    Risk
    Misalignment · Security
    Concept
    AI Control · Runtime Monitoring · Shutdown Resistance
  3. Still from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King illustrating Mount Doom Is Not a Shutdown Plan

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003

    Mount Doom Is Not a Shutdown Plan

    Risk
    Misalignment
    Concept
    AI Control · Shutdown Resistance · Corrigibility