A myth? Realy?
"An oft-repeated myth is that potholes form through a combination of surface cracks, water, and traffic, but they're actually caused by chronic levels of underinvestment in public infrastructure."
Nope, the pot hole is caused by the failure of the running course: The tarmac. This can be due to several factors, but the main ones are tears (cracks) in the bitumen that is binding the aggregate (rock chips) allowing said chips to be tugged free, or for water ingress that can then freeze and force the cracks to widen and/or lift the running course from the under layer (hard core), or simply erode the hard core leaving a void under the tarmac.
If these are not fixed, they get worse, and that's where the issue of funds for repairs come in.
Now, there is a problem: Roads are designed to handle a predicted combination of vehicles. Vehicles have been getting larger, heavier and faster, meaning the roads aren't seeing the anticipated types of vehicle: They're having to cope with worse. End result is they fail faster meaning they need repairs more frequently. That then drains the council's budget for highway repairs. Add in the normal council incompetence and it can only get worse.
But what's really needed, isn't repairs: It's for the roads to be replaced of a design better suited for the modern car - and in particular, the EV. That's expensive, but it needs to happen else the issue of why the potholes are forming won't be addressed.
Now to the AI angle: This isn't going to help, even if whats used is an actual AI. Rather, it's a waste of money that could better be spent upgrading the roads.