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title: "Can a machine or AI agent be surprised? Helping autonomous systems respond to the unexpected"
date: 2026-10-01
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description: "Let's say you ask ChatGPT a question that stumps it, or a Waymo vehicle encounters something unusual in the road, or an autonomous factory faces an unexpected disruption. Most people would recognize ..."
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# Can a machine or AI agent be surprised? Helping autonomous systems respond to the unexpected

Let's say you ask ChatGPT a question that stumps it, or a Waymo vehicle encounters something unusual in the road, or an autonomous factory faces an unexpected disruption. Most people would recognize ...

*Published: 2026-10-01*