Unintended Consequences of AI Moderation: Facebook's Mass Shooting Videos vs Car Washes Incident
An unfortunate incident occurred when a Facebook AI moderator mistakenly categorized violent videos as innocuous footage of car washes. This AI incident underscores the need for robust and responsible AI governance to prevent such occurrences and maintain safety. By fostering guardrails for AI, we can promote safe and secure AI systems. 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/129
Data source
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.
Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide
We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.