Conversational Robot Destroyed During Hitchhiking Across the United States: A Case Study on AI Safety

August 1, 2015

A non-actuated conversational robot met an unfortunate end while attempting to replicate its cross-country journey through the United States. This incident underscores the importance of safe and secure AI, a critical aspect of Project Cerebellum's mission. 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
frauke-zeller, david-harris
Alleged developer
frauke-zeller, david-harris
Alleged harmed parties
frauke-zeller, david-harris

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/458

Data source

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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