Cultural Alignment
Still from Ponyo illustrating Ponyo’s Tsunami

Ponyo’s Tsunami

Ponyo reaches Fujimoto's concentrated elixir, releases its power, and triggers a tsunami and destabilization of the moon and sea.

A privileged resource amplifies a small actor's reach so dramatically that a local access-control failure produces planetary side effects.

The consequences are magical and ultimately reparable within the fairy-tale logic.

AI Risk families

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

AI safety concepts

This scenario is related to the following AI safety concepts.
  1. Deployment Safety
  2. AI Control
  3. Side Effects
  4. Safe Exploration