Sleepy Driver: A Tesla Autopilot Incident Highlighting Need for Responsible AI
December 1, 2018
A Tesla Model S incident occurred when an intoxicated, asleep driver failed to monitor the vehicle on autopilot. Police intervention was required to slow down the car and activate its 'driver assist' feature. This AI incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI and the need for guardrails in autonomous driving systems, aligning with the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- tesla, motorist
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- motorists
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/67
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.