On March 18, 2018, an Uber autonomous vehicle being tested in Tempe, Arizona, killed a woman while collecting data for future navigation systems.
Sources
- Concrete Problems in AI Safety, Revisited (arxiv.org)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/self-driving-uber-car-hit-killed-woman-did-not-recognize-n1079281 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.npr.org/2019/03/06/700801945/uber-not-criminally-liable-in-death-of-woman-hit-by-self-driving-car-says-prosec (npr.org)
- https://www.uber.com/us/en/autonomous/data-collection/ (uber.com)
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