e.g. some people may laude a driver’s efficiency for cutting into a long merge lane at the last moment, while others may look down on them as breaking a social taboo.

The latter people are wrong. But good luck educating them regarding the superior efficiency of a zipper merge. Our state DoT has tried, to no avail.

Meanwhile, an AI model that can't be misused is no more useful than a knife that can't be misused.