Unacceptable risk: Into which risk tier does this social-scoring use most clearly fall?
General social scoring leading to detrimental treatment is an unacceptable-risk, prohibited practice under EU AI Act Article 5.
The question
Under the EU AI Act's risk-based approach, a developer builds a system that assigns citizens a general 'trustworthiness' score that public authorities use to grant or deny access to public benefits. Into which risk tier does this social-scoring use most clearly fall?
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- High risk, permitting the practice provided the developer completes a conformity assessment and ongoing risk controls.Plausible but wrong: high-risk systems are permitted with controls, but social scoring of this kind is banned, not merely regulated.
- Limited risk, requiring only that the affected citizens be told they are interacting with an automated scoring system.Plausible but wrong: limited-risk transparency duties do not cover a prohibited social-scoring practice.
- Unacceptable risk, placing the practice among the prohibited uses that the Act bans outright under Article 5. ✓Correct: general-purpose social scoring leading to detrimental treatment is a prohibited practice under Article 5.
- Minimal risk, imposing no specific obligations because benefit scoring resembles ordinary administrative automation.Wrong: this is a banned practice, not an unregulated minimal-risk use.
The trap
Defaulting to 'high risk' for any consequential system instead of recognizing a prohibited practice. How to remember it
General social scoring leading to detrimental treatment is an unacceptable-risk, prohibited practice under EU AI Act Article 5.
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