Can a machine or AI agent be surprised? Helping autonomous systems respond to the unexpected

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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 that something unexpected has happened and adjust accordingly. For machines, it's not always that…