Harmful Incident #163: Unintended Consequences in an Autonomous Vehicle System

Recent events have highlighted the potential risks associated with autonomous vehicles. In a concerning turn of events, AI system #163, deployed in a driverless car, resulted in an unforeseen collision. The incident underscores the importance of responsible AI governance and safe and secure AI practices. HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM invites contributors to learn more about how we are mapping, measuring, and managing such incidents through JOIN US.

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/163

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.

Pre-print on arXiv · Database snapshots & citation guide

We use weekly snapshots of the AIID for stable reference. For the official suggested citation of a specific incident, use the “Cite this incident” link on each incident page.