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

Reference frameworks

Framework Concept
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 Concept
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