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Incident 241: Chess-Playing Robot Broke Child's Finger in Russia

Description: A chess robot at a tournament in Russia broke the finger of a child who reached onto the board before the robot had completed its move

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Alleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Russian Chess Federation, which harmed child named Christopher.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
241
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2022-07-21
Editors
Sean McGregor
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

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Known AI Goal Snippets

One or more snippets that justify the classification.
 

(Snippet Text: But in Russia, a seven-year-old child playing with a robot was forced to interrupt the game when the machine suddenly snapped one his fingers, breaking it., Related Classifications: Robotic Manipulation)

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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.
 
  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

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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

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Incident OccurrenceChess robot goes rogue, breaks seven-year-old player's fingerA chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent+2
Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent
Chess robot goes rogue, breaks seven-year-old player's finger

Chess robot goes rogue, breaks seven-year-old player's finger

newsweek.com

A chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent

A chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent

newsbeezer.com

Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent

Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent

theguardian.com

AI gone wrong? Chess robot breaks child's finger at Russia tournament

AI gone wrong? Chess robot breaks child's finger at Russia tournament

livemint.com

Chess-playing robot breaks finger of 7-year-old boy during match

Chess-playing robot breaks finger of 7-year-old boy during match

washingtonpost.com

Chess robot goes rogue, breaks seven-year-old player's finger
newsweek.com · 2022

A damaged ego is usually the worst injury a chess player can come out of a match with. But in Russia, a seven-year-old child playing with a robot was forced to interrupt the game when the machine suddenly snapped one his fingers, breaking i…

A chess robot in Moscow has broken the finger of its human opponent
newsbeezer.com · 2022

According to the organizers of the tournament in the Russian capital, it was an “accidental” attack by the robot. A seven-year-old boy named Christopher, who, by the way, according to them, is among the top 30 chess players in Moscow under …

Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent
theguardian.com · 2022

Played by humans, chess is a game of strategic thinking, calm concentration and patient intellectual endeavour. Violence does not usually come into it. The same, it seems, cannot always be said of machines.

Last week, according to Russian m…

AI gone wrong? Chess robot breaks child's finger at Russia tournament
livemint.com · 2022

During a tournament in Moscow, a chess-playing robot fractured a 7-year-old boy's finger when the youngster attempted a quick move without giving the device enough time to finish its task. On July 19, at the Moscow Chess Open competition, t…

Chess-playing robot breaks finger of 7-year-old boy during match
washingtonpost.com · 2022

A chess-playing robot broke the finger of a 7-year-old boy who was competing against it during a recent tournament in Moscow.

According to officials from the Moscow Chess Federation, the child continued his participation in the event after …

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