Incident 145: Tesla's Autopilot Misidentified the Moon as Yellow Stop Light
Description: Tesla's Autopilot was shown on video by its owner mistaking the moon for a yellow stop light, allegedly causing the vehicle to keep slowing down.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Tesla drivers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
145
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2021-07-23
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Hey @elonmusk you might want to have your team look into the moon tricking the autopilot system. The car thinks the moon is a yellow traffic light and wanted to keep slowing down. 🤦🏼 @Teslarati @teslaownersSV @TeslaJoy
A viral tweet showed a Tesla confusing the moon for a yellow traffic light.
The company's Full Self-Driving tech has made similar mistakes before.
Owners say their cars have been fooled by billboards and Burger King signs.
Tesla CEO Elon Mu…
Washington, DC (CNN)When a dozen small children crossed in front of our Tesla with "full self-driving," I had good reason to be nervous.
I'd spent my morning so far in the backseat of the Model 3 using "full self-driving," the system that T…
Variants
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