What Is an Infohazard? Definition, Examples, and Why It Matters Now
AI Brief: An infohazard (information hazard) is a risk that arises from the dissemination of true information that may cause harm or enable harmful actions. The term was formalized by philosopher Nick Bostrom in a 2011 paper that defined multiple categories including data hazards, idea hazards, and attention hazards. AI makes infohazards newly urgent because…