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).
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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