Incident #560·AI Safety & Failures
Tesla on Autopilot Struck Parked Work Truck on Highway in Pennsylvania
Explainability
Description
A 2016 Tesla on Autopilot crashed into the rear of a parked 2007 Freightliner truck providing traffic control on the Pennsylvania Turnpike highway.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- tesla
Alleged Developers
- tesla
Harmed Parties
- truck-drivers
- tesla-drivers
- david-clough
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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