Falling Robot Incident in Chinese Mall Highlights Need for Responsible AI: Knock-on Effects and Govern Function in Project Cerebellum
December 25, 2020
Recent video footage shows a shopping guide robot from Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall malfunctioning, falling off the escalator, and knocking down passengers. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI operation. JOIN US. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).
- Alleged deployer
- fuzhou-zhongfang-marlboro-mall
- Alleged developer
- unknown
- Alleged harmed parties
- fuzhou-zhongfang-marlboro-mall-goers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/134
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.
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