Incident #536·AI Safety & Failures
NJ Transit's Use of Modeling Software Miscalculated Storm Surge Threat Level
Explainability
Description
New Jersey Transit's use of a federal government storm modeling software underestimated the threat of storm surges to the Meadows Maintenance Complex, leaving millions of dollars worth of equipment in the rail yard before Hurricane Sandy struck.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- new-jersey-transit
Alleged Developers
- national-weather-service
Harmed Parties
- new-jersey-transit
- new-jersey-transit-passengers
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
HumanUnintentionalPre-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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