Description: A shopping guide robot deployed by the Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall was shown on video allegedly walking to the escalator by itself, falling down, and knocking over passengers, which prompted its suspension.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: unknown developed an AI system deployed by Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall, which harmed Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall goers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
134
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2020-12-25
Editors
Sean McGregor, Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsIncident Number
The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
134
AI Tangible Harm Level Notes
Notes about the AI tangible harm level assessment
Unclear if there was AI in the robot.
Special Interest Intangible Harm
An assessment of whether a special interest intangible harm occurred. This assessment does not consider the context of the intangible harm, if an AI was involved, or if there is characterizable class or subgroup of harmed entities. It is also not assessing if an intangible harm occurred. It is only asking if a special interest intangible harm occurred.
no
Date of Incident Year
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2020
Date of Incident Month
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12
Date of Incident Day
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25
CSETv1_Annotator-1 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsIncident Number
The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
134
Special Interest Intangible Harm
An assessment of whether a special interest intangible harm occurred. This assessment does not consider the context of the intangible harm, if an AI was involved, or if there is characterizable class or subgroup of harmed entities. It is also not assessing if an intangible harm occurred. It is only asking if a special interest intangible harm occurred.
no
Date of Incident Year
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2020
Date of Incident Month
The month in which the incident occurred. If there are multiple harms or occurrences of the incident, list the earliest. If a precise date is unavailable, but the available sources provide a basis for estimating the month, estimate. Otherwise, leave blank.
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12
Date of Incident Day
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25
Estimated Date
“Yes” if the data was estimated. “No” otherwise.
No
CSETv1_Annotator-3 Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsIncident Number
The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
134
AI Tangible Harm Level Notes
Notes about the AI tangible harm level assessment
Unclear what type of software powered the robot.
Special Interest Intangible Harm
An assessment of whether a special interest intangible harm occurred. This assessment does not consider the context of the intangible harm, if an AI was involved, or if there is characterizable class or subgroup of harmed entities. It is also not assessing if an intangible harm occurred. It is only asking if a special interest intangible harm occurred.
no
Date of Incident Year
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2020
Date of Incident Month
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12
Date of Incident Day
The day on which the incident occurred. If a precise date is unavailable, leave blank.
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25
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
s.weibo.com · 2020
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(Translated from Chinese by Google Translate)
On December 25, a shopping guide robot in Fuzhou Zhongfang Marlboro Mall fell off the escalator and knocked over passengers. On the 27th, it was learned that the robot had been suspended. The pe…
weibo.com · 2020
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[#Shopping mall robot fell off the escalator and knocked down the passengers#Shopping mall: The robot company is analyzing the dissection] On December 25, the shopping guide robot in the Fuzhou Zhongfang Wanbao City mall fell off the escala…
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.
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