Description: During a nighttime Waymo ride in San Francisco, an unhoused individual blocked the sensors of an autonomous vehicle, leaving passengers Robert Moreno and his husband feeling trapped and unsure how to proceed. Waymo's support team advised the riders to stay inside the vehicle for safety. The incident is an example of autonomous driving systems being halted when sensors are obstructed, preventing vehicle operation. The individual left after a few minutes without further escalation.
Editor Notes: See also Incident 854: Waymo Driverless Taxi Allegedly Stalled During Pedestrian Harassment Incident in San Francisco.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Waymo developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Robert Moreno's husband and Robert Moreno.
Incident Stats
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- AI system safety, failures, and limitations
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
AI
Timing
The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Unintentional
Incident Reports
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As the autonomous driving technology expands, we are also seeing reports of incidents in San Francisco involving passengers and a cyclist.
A couple of minutes into his Waymo ride, Robert Moreno said the cool feeling o…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.
