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12Physical & weaponsBelow the top 20

Escalation from a dual-use recon model

CapabilityDomain knowledgeAffordanceImpact domainBoth

Statement (NASA form)

Given that commercial satellite and open-source models already do military-grade recon, there is a possibility of a false read of intent triggering a real movement of force resulting in an incident between states that started as a product demo.

Likelihood
2Remote
Consequence
5Catastrophic
Urgency
2Planned

The same model that finds a parking lot can start a war story.

Composite 12 = 2×5 + 2

Applicable mitigations

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