Tesla Failed to Yield to Detected Pedestrian on Crosswalk, Reportedly Violated Traffic Law

May 15, 2023

A Tesla vehicle equipped with FSD Beta 11.4.1 failed to yield to a pedestrian detected by the car, reportedly violating traffic law as indicated by a state law sign shown in the video. This incident underscores the importance of responsible AI and trustworthy AI, emphasizing the need for guardrails in AI governance.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.680, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: tesla
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: pedestrians

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/540

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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