On May 7, 2016, a Tesla Model S using Autopilot crashed near Williston, Florida, after the system failed to distinguish the sky from the white side of a truck, with the NTSB citing driver overreliance on automation as a key cause.
Sources
- Concrete Problems in AI Safety, Revisited (arxiv.org)
- https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY16FH018.aspx (ntsb.gov)
- https://www.ntsb.gov/Investigations/Accidentreports/Reports/Har1702.pdf (ntsb.gov)
- https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/white-trailer-proved-invisible-to-teslas-autonomous-system (truckinginfo.com)
- https://www.ttnews.com/articles/tesla-automation-faulted-ntsb-2016-fatal-florida-crash (ttnews.com)
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