Tesla FSD Misidentified Truck Hauling Traffic Lights as Trail of Traffic Lights

June 2, 2021

A Tesla driver reported an incident involving the Tesla FSD, where the system mistook deactivated traffic lights being transported by a truck as a continuous stream of traffic lights while traveling at high speed on a highway. Such incidents highlight the need for trustworthy and safe AI practices.

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MEASURE 2.6 — similarity 0.680, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MANAGE 4.3 — similarity 0.658, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 3.4 — similarity 0.650, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: tesla
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: tesla-drivers

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/533

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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