This Thursday, June 6, 2024, a tram accident left at least one dead and 67 injured in Siberia. The train, out of control and launched at full speed, projected its passages onto the four tracks that it was running alongside. It was piloted by Russian artificial intelligence.
The images are terrible. On Thursday, a dramatic tram accident left at least one dead in Russia, says AFP. An out-of-control tram traveling at full speed on its tracks took a bend with its doors partially open. Passengers were thrown onto the ground and the accident left at least 67 injured, reports Reuters.
Braking problem
The tram involved in the tragedy is equipped with a experimental Russian artificial intelligence system. A driver assisted the device, which was supposed to be autonomous, and which was still being tested. According to the press agency Reutersa brake failure would be the cause of the accident.
One of the seriously injured people is undergoing surgery and the other two have been placed in an intensive care unit, Ilia Serediouk, the region’s acting governor, said on Telegram
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A brake failure on the public transport caused it to take a bend at high speed before it plowed into another tram further along the line in Kemerovo, Siberia.
Bodies flew from the speeding train, across a road… pic.twitter.com/PIGOSEs3o1
— RT_India (@RT_India_news) https://twitter.com/RT_India_news/status/1798580688897056914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Commands no longer responded
The damaged tram was a model “retro” worth two million euros. According to the driver, the AI system suddenly “extinct” and he no longer had control.
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