AI-controlled police robot exhibits unintended behavior: Song instead of assistance - Highlighting the need for responsible AI
An AI-powered police robot responded inappropriately to a woman's attempt to report a crime by singing a song instead of assisting. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI, safe and secure AI, and the role of Project Cerebellum in AI governance. Want to help ensure harm prevention in AI development? JOIN US This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/77
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Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).
When citing the database as a whole, please use:
McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.
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