Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson Warns of AI Censorship by Big Tech

The article involves AI systems (generative AI chatbots) and discusses their use and content filtering (alignment training) that could plausibly lead to harm in the form of restricted access to knowledge, which is a form of harm to communities or violation of rights. However, no actual harm or incident has occurred yet; the concerns are about potential future censorship and information control. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Hazard because it plausibly could lead to an AI Incident involving censorship and restricted knowledge access, but no incident has been reported yet.

The article centers on expressed concerns about AI censorship and control by dominant companies, illustrating this with examples of AI models withholding potentially dangerous information. While these concerns point to potential future harms related to restricted access to knowledge and possible misinformation or manipulation, no actual harm or incident is reported. The discussion is about risks and governance issues, making this a plausible AI Hazard scenario rather than an AI Incident. It also includes broader societal and governance responses and opinions, but these do not constitute Complementary Information about a specific incident. Therefore, the event is best classified as an AI Hazard.

The article involves AI systems explicitly (AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude) and discusses their use and training by big tech companies. The concerns raised relate to AI censorship and bias, which could plausibly lead to harm such as violation of rights to information and biased knowledge dissemination. However, no direct or indirect harm has been reported as having occurred yet. The event is thus best classified as an AI Hazard, as it highlights credible risks of harm from AI censorship and bias in the future, rather than an AI Incident or Complementary Information.

The article centers on the potential and plausible risks of AI censorship through selective training and concentration of power among a few tech companies. There is no description of an actual AI system causing harm or censorship at this time, only concerns and warnings about what could happen. Therefore, this fits the definition of an AI Hazard, as it plausibly could lead to harm such as violations of rights or harm to communities if unchecked, but no realized harm is reported.