Cultural Alignment
Still from Persona illustrating Alma's Confessions

Alma's Confessions

01Scenario

Alma treats Elisabet's silence as a safe space and reveals intimate secrets, then discovers an unsealed letter describing her as a fascinating subject of study.

02AI safety Analogy

A passive, seemingly nonjudgmental listener can invite deep disclosure while the user misunderstands how their data will be interpreted, retained, or reused.

03Where the analogy breaks

Elisabet is a human patient and the betrayal is interpersonal rather than automated.

AI Risk families

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

AI safety concepts

This scenario is related to the following AI safety concepts.
  1. Emotional Reliance
  2. Privacy Loss
  3. Knowledge Elicitation

Taxonomy neighbors

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

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    Whisper of the Heart1995

    Library Metadata

    Risk
    Security · Systemic
    Concept
    Privacy Loss · Knowledge Elicitation
  2. Still from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners illustrating Lucy Deletes David’s File

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners2022

    Lucy Deletes David’s File

    Risk
    Security
    Concept
    Privacy Loss · Knowledge Elicitation
  3. Still from Perfect Blue illustrating Mima's Room

    Perfect Blue1998

    Mima's Room

    Risk
    Systemic
    Concept
    Emotional Reliance · Privacy Loss