Tesla Full Self-Driving System Misinterprets Deactivated Traffic Lights: A Case for Responsible AI Governance
June 2, 2021
A Tesla driver revealed a potential safety concern with the FSD system, misidentifying deactivated traffic lights being transported on a truck as a continuous stream of live signals. This incident highlights the need for trustworthy and safe AI, and underscores the importance of Project Cerebellum's AI governance efforts. JOIN US (This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM).)
- Alleged deployer
- tesla
- Alleged developer
- tesla
- Alleged harmed parties
- tesla-drivers
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/533
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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