Incidente 532: translated-es-AI translation is jeopardizing Afghan asylum claims
Descripción: translated-es-A Pashto-speaking refugee's asylum claim was denied by a US agency for a discrepancy between oral and written recount of an event allegedly due to an error of their automated translation tool which swapped pronouns of her written statement from "I" to "we".
Entidades
Ver todas las entidadesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by US Citizenship and Immigration Services, which harmed anonymous Pashto-speaking refugee , Pashto-speaking asylum seekers y Dari-speaking asylum seekers.
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Risk Subdomain
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7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
Risk Domain
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- AI system safety, failures, and limitations
Entity
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AI
Timing
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Post-deployment
Intent
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Unintentional
Informes del Incidente
Cronología de Informes

En 2020, Uma Mirkhail obtuvo una demostración de primera mano de lo dañina que puede ser una mala traducción.
Mirkhail, traductor de crisis especializado en idiomas afganos, estaba trabajando con un refugiado de habla pastún que había huido…
Variantes
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