Robot Deployed by Animal Shelter to Patrol Sidewalks outside Its Office, Warding off Homeless People in San Francisco
November 15, 2017
This incident raises questions about the responsible use of AI in public spaces and highlights the importance of Project Cerebellum's AI governance efforts. By mapping such incidents to the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Measure function), we can identify gaps in our current guardrails for AI and work towards creating safer, more inclusive communities.
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- MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.661, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- MAP 1.1 — similarity 0.650, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.649, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →
- Alleged deployer
- society-for-the-prevention-of-cruelty-to-animals
- Alleged developer
- knightscope
- Alleged harmed parties
- san-francisco-homeless-people
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/261
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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