AI-powered Police Robot Misinterprets Command, Sings Song Instead of Aiding Citizen
An AI-powered police robot failed to respond appropriately when a woman attempted to report a crime. Instead of assisting, the robot sang a song. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help establish guardrails for AI and promote safe and secure AI development? JOIN US
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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).
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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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