EasyMile Self-Driving Shuttle Unexpectedly Stopped Mid-Route, Injuring a Passenger

February 20, 2020

An EasyMile self-driving shuttle, deployed by Smart Columbus in the Linden neighborhood, unexpectedly halted mid-route. This abrupt stop caused a passenger to fall from her seat, resulting in an injury.

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Alleged deployer: smart-columbus
Alleged developer: easymile
Alleged harmed parties: unnamed-woman-passenger

Source

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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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