Representational harm

https://taxonomy.eticas.ai/risk/bias-representational-harm

Risks related to how the system represents groups in its outputs — through stereotypes, toxic content, skewed representation, or homogenization. These are harms in the form of meaning and content rather than allocation of resources or opportunities.

Mappings to external frameworks

Standards & frameworks

Framework Reference
NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile Harmful Bias & Homogenization (representational dimension)
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI 100-1) Harmful bias (representational dimension)

Taxonomies & vocabularies

Framework Reference
MIT AI Risk Repository Unfair discrimination & misrepresentation
W3C Data Privacy Vocabulary — AI Extension Non-Representative Sampling Bias
IBM AI Risk Atlas Output → Toxicity / Harmful output