[akira2501]

> Waymo self driving works within a defined subset of the problem space

"works" includes a failure mode of "alert a human and ask them to take over."

> when new areas of problem space are explored.

The problem space is that the "rules of the road" are both legal, technical and social. All of which have internal conflicts as well as conflicts among each other. Anyone who has driven in severe weather has realized this in one way or another.

> For example, imagine a full self driving car trying to get out of a city that's flooding due to heavy rains, while having to compete with people fleeing to higher ground on foot.

Why do I find this easier to imagine in the fictional setting of Elysium than on the real Earth?