Autopilot User Allegedly Engrossed in 'Harry Potter', Resulting in Tesla Crash

An incident occurred when a Tesla driver, reportedly engrossed in watching the 'Harry Potter' movie, allegedly failed to respond appropriately while operating the vehicle equipped with Autopilot. A witness claims that the driver was preoccupied and did not take necessary evasive action before the crash.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.441, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
GOVERN 6.2 — similarity 0.426, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.422, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

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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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