Welcome to AI in the Wild, our new weekly roundup of how AI behaves outside the lab—where things get absurd, wacky, occasionally terrifying, and sometimes genuinely helpful. This week’s entry: a viral clip making the rounds shows a Waymo robotaxi wandering onto light rail tracks in Phoenix, Arizona. As the car rolled along the tracks—apparently treating them like a normal lane—the passenger sensed trouble and bailed during one of the car’s stops. “Oh, get out, get out, get out!” That’s the voice of a bystander filming the scene. Moments later, a railcar a few hundred yards behind the Waymo could be seen leaving the station. The robotaxi crept forward, then abruptly stopped. Another train rumbled by on the opposite set of tracks, and the car hesitated. For its next trick, it started reversing—still on the tracks—before the video cut off. Valley Metro confirmed they were notified after an employee spotted the incident around 9 a.m. near Southern Ave and Central Ave. Operations staff contacted Waymo and temporarily had northbound and southbound trains swap passengers and reverse direction to keep service moving.