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  2. Information hazard - Wikipedia

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    An information hazard, or infohazard, [1] is "a risk that arises from the dissemination of (true) information that may cause harm or enable some agent to cause harm". It was formalized by philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2011.

  3. Roko's basilisk - Wikipedia

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    Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement.

  4. Hazard - Wikipedia

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    A hazard pictogram to indicate a hazard from a flammable substance.. A hazard is a potential source of harm.Substances, events, or circumstances can constitute hazards when their nature would potentially allow them to cause damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value.

  5. Information asymmetry - Wikipedia

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    Information asymmetries are studied in the context of principal–agent problems where they are a major cause of misinforming and is essential in every communication process. [10] Information asymmetry is in contrast to perfect information, which is a key assumption in neo-classical economics. [11]

  6. List of industrial disasters - Wikipedia

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    Deceased Liquidators' portraits used for an anti-nuclear power protest in Geneva.. October 1957: The Windscale fire, the worst nuclear accident in the United Kingdom's history, released substantial amounts of radioactive contamination into the surrounding area at Windscale, Cumberland (now Sellafield, Cumbria).

  7. Information pollution - Wikipedia

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    Information pollution (also referred to as info pollution) is the contamination of an information supply with irrelevant, redundant, unsolicited, hampering, and low-value information. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Examples include misinformation , junk e-mail , and media violence .

  8. IT risk - Wikipedia

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    Information technology risk, IT risk, IT-related risk, or cyber risk is any risk relating to information technology. [1] While information has long been appreciated as a valuable and important asset, the rise of the knowledge economy and the Digital Revolution has led to organizations becoming increasingly dependent on information, information processing and especially IT.

  9. Category:Technology hazards - Wikipedia

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