The Frontier AI Risk Stack
Frontier AI risk is best understood not as a single category but as a stack of six interacting layers. The most serious dangers arise from the way failures compound across layers: a structured analytical tool for policymakers, developers, and civil society.
- 01Model Riskdeception, unsafe knowledge, concealment
- 02System Riskorchestration, tool use, parallel execution
- 03Deployment Riskreal permissions, production access
- 04Access Riskconcentration, cognitive inequality
- 05Governance Riskweak audits, regulatory capture
- 06Civilizational Riskcompounding failures across all layers