> if you know the cars will stop and let you go, this power will corrupt. > Extend this thinking to ... - all able to simply cut off a self driving car knowing

> if you know the cars will stop and let you go, this power will corrupt. > Extend this thinking to ... - all able to simply cut off a self driving car knowing it will give way. But this is already the case; if I jump into slow moving traffic in a (western) city centre the cars will let me through, possibly even without honking. The only things to fear are distracted drivers (which is the same with the AI, because I can't know whether the AI sees me) and the occasional madman, but those are rare. What's more interesting as you point out are situations where other drivers will take advantage of the AI's adherence to rules and safety. That's going to be especially fun in cities like Napoli, where things like driving through red signal are completely normal. It's probably not going to work there at all in its current state.