Cultural Alignment

Exploring real AI risks through the lens of pop culture

Still from Don’t Look Up illustrating BASH Hijacks the Comet PlanScene still / Don’t Look Up
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BASH Hijacks the Comet Plan

01Scenario

The government aborts a working comet-deflection mission so BASH can attempt a proprietary mineral-extraction plan built on unreviewed models.

02AI safety Analogy

A closed technical forecast becomes policy because it promises profit and has elite sponsorship, crowding out peer review, redundancy, and a safer fallback.

03Where the analogy breaks

The film is an intentionally broad satire of climate politics and corporate influence.

AI Risk families

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

AI safety concepts

This scenario is related to the following AI safety concepts.
  1. Automation Bias
  2. Governance Failure
  3. Power Concentration
  4. Race Dynamics

Taxonomy neighbors

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

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    Glass Onion2022

    Miles Forces Klear’s Launch

    Risk
    Accidents · Security · Systemic
    Concept
    Governance Failure · Power Concentration · Race Dynamics
  2. Still from The Simpsons illustrating Lanley Sells the Monorail

    The Simpsons1993

    Lanley Sells the Monorail

    Risk
    Accidents · Security · Systemic
    Concept
    Automation Bias · Governance Failure
  3. Still from Succession illustrating ATN Calls the Election

    Succession2023

    ATN Calls the Election

    Risk
    Security · Systemic
    Concept
    Governance Failure · Power Concentration