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Subset: RiskAndHarm

Risk, impact, harm, residual risk, risk tolerance, risk

measurement challenges, and risk response options (Part 1, §1).

URI: RiskAndHarm

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

Classes in subset

Class Description
Harm A negative impact that may be experienced by individuals,
Impact A positive, negative, or both consequence of an AI system
ResidualRisk Risk remaining after risk treatment (ISO Guide 73)
Risk The composite measure of an event's probability of occurring and
RiskMeasurementChallenge A challenge that complicates measurement of AI risks
RiskTolerance The organization's or AI actor's readiness to bear risk in order

Slots from Harm also in risk_and_harm

Name Cardinality and Range Description
affects *
NamedThing
Entities (people, organizations, ecosystems) the risk or harm
harm_category 0..1
HarmCategoryEnum
The high-level harm category (people / organization / ecosystem)
harm_to_people_subcategory 0..1
HarmToPeopleSubcategoryEnum
The sub-category when harm is to people (individual / group / societal)
magnitude 0..1
String
Magnitude or degree of consequences if the event occurs (free

Slots from Impact also in risk_and_harm

Name Cardinality and Range Description
affects *
NamedThing
Entities (people, organizations, ecosystems) the risk or harm
impact_sign 0..1
ImpactSignEnum
Whether the impact is positive, negative, or both
likelihood 0..1
Float
Estimated probability of the event occurring (0
magnitude 0..1
String
Magnitude or degree of consequences if the event occurs (free

Slots from ResidualRisk also in risk_and_harm

Name Cardinality and Range Description
impact_sign 0..1
ImpactSignEnum
Whether the impact is positive, negative, or both
is_residual 0..1
Boolean
Whether this risk represents risk remaining after risk treatment
likelihood 0..1
Float
Estimated probability of the event occurring (0
magnitude 0..1
String
Magnitude or degree of consequences if the event occurs (free
risk_response 0..1
RiskResponseEnum
The chosen risk treatment option

Slots from Risk also in risk_and_harm

Name Cardinality and Range Description
impact_sign 0..1
ImpactSignEnum
Whether the impact is positive, negative, or both
is_residual 0..1
Boolean
Whether this risk represents risk remaining after risk treatment
likelihood 0..1
Float
Estimated probability of the event occurring (0
magnitude 0..1
String
Magnitude or degree of consequences if the event occurs (free
risk_response 0..1
RiskResponseEnum
The chosen risk treatment option

Slots in subset

Slot Description
affects Entities (people, organizations, ecosystems) the risk or harm
harm_category The high-level harm category (people / organization / ecosystem)
harm_to_people_subcategory The sub-category when harm is to people (individual / group / societal)
impact_sign Whether the impact is positive, negative, or both
is_residual Whether this risk represents risk remaining after risk treatment
likelihood Estimated probability of the event occurring (0
magnitude Magnitude or degree of consequences if the event occurs (free
risk_response The chosen risk treatment option

Enumerations in subset

Enumeration Description
HarmCategoryEnum High-level categories of harm related to AI systems (Figure 1)
HarmToPeopleSubcategoryEnum Sub-categories of harm to people, per Figure 1
ImpactSignEnum Whether an impact of an AI system is positive, negative, or both
RiskMeasurementChallengeEnum Challenges that complicate AI risk measurement (Part 1 §1
RiskResponseEnum Treatment options for AI risks (MANAGE 1