Self-Driving Shuttle Incident Highlights Importance of Safe and Secure AI: EasyMile Unexpectedly Stops Mid-Route, Injuring a Passenger
February 20, 2020
The unexpected stopping of a self-driving shuttle by EasyMile in Columbus' Linden neighborhood raises awareness about the need for trustworthy AI. The incident resulted in a woman falling from her seat. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). Ready to help shape responsible AI? JOIN US
- Alleged deployer
- smart-columbus
- Alleged developer
- easymile
- Alleged harmed parties
- unnamed-woman-passenger
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/297
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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