Phil Koopman: Social Media
Social media venues:
Phil Koopman on LinkedIn
Autonomous System Safety by Phil Koopman
(Substack)
Phil & Junko on AV Safety
(Substack)
Podcast series: (
Apple
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Spotify
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YouTube
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Safe Autonomy Blog:
https://safeautonomy.blogspot.com/
(archival/inactive)
Better Embedded Software Blog:
https://betterembsw.blogspot.com/
(archival/inactive)
Checksum and CRC Blog:
https://checksumcrc.blogspot.com/
(archival/inactive)
Resource pages:
Essential reading list for computer-based system safety
(list of case studies, etc.)
Potentially deadline automotive software defect recalls
Yearly overviews:
2025
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2024
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2023
Selected social media posts:
2026-07-11:
NHTSA Warns AV Companies about Interfering with Emergency Responders
2026-06-28:
Season 1 Big Picture Story for Phil & Junko on AV Safety
2026-06-27:
Unintended Acceleration Is Still a Thing
2026-06-22:
What's the Deal with Edge Cases and Autonomous vehicles?
2026-06-21:
Video Interview on Embodied/Physical AI Safety
2026-06-18:
A Third Strike for Waymo on Failed Quick Fixes
2026-05-31;
What's the Deal with Safe Enough Autonomous Vehicles?
2026-05-24:
Robotaxi Safety Problems Are The New Normal
2026-05-17:
What's the Deal with Level 2/2+ Safety?
2026-05-11:
Self-Driving Cars and Old Computers
2026-05-03:
Safety First for autonomous vehicles
2026-04-19:
Robotaxi Remote Assistants
2026-04-12:
NTSB Findings on Ford BlueCruise Crashes
2026-02-28:
Laundering Accountability with Embodied AI
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part 2
)
2025-11-15:
Embodied AI and Setting an Example
2025-11-01:
The truth of an LLM output is in the eye of the beholder
2025-10-18:
Robotaxi Scaling Is Just Beginning
2025-10-11:
Software Safety in the Age of Embodied AI
2025-10-04:
Blame-Free Robotaxi Crashes Are Still Crashes
2025-08-16:
Independence and Safety
2025-07-12:
A Holistic Approach to AV Regulation
2025-05-27:
Adapting ANSI/UL 4600 Into A Self-Driving Regulatory Standard
2025-05-17:
A Practical List of Embodied AI Safety Concerns
: (
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
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Part 5
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2025-05-10:
SinceritySlop and the death of personalized communication
2025-04-05:
A Plan for Trustworthy Robotaxi Messaging
2025-03-01:
The Ironies of Automation for Self-Driving Vehicles
2025-02-01:
All Robotaxis Have Remote Drivers
2024-11-16:
Tesla manual door releases are a deadly problem
2024-10-26:
Robotaxis and Personal Safety
2024-10-05:
Remote Assistants for Autonomous Vehicles
2024-09-07:
What should expectations be for autonomous vehicle road behavior?
2024-08-31:
The Societal Case for Robotaxis
2024-08-24:
The Greenwashing of Robotaxis
2024-08-17:
Independence and Safe Deployment Decisions
2024-07-20:
Cyber-Hurricanes and Automotive Software
(common cause failures)
2024-11-30:
Statistically Safer Does Not Really Matter for Autonomous Vehicles
2024-11-09:
https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/one-million-attaboys
2024-10-10:
Time to Formally Define Level 2+ Vehicle Automation
2024-06-19:
Why Robotaxis Have an Inherent 3x Advantage for Reducing Passenger Harm
2024-06-03:
Five views into the Cruise Robotaxi Pedestrian Dragging Mishap
2023-12-19:
Take Tesla Safety Claims with about a Pound of Salt
2023-05-12:
A Liability (Duty of Care) Approach for Automated Vehicles in Three Parts
2023-02-24:
Insurance Does Not (and will not) Make AVs Acceptably Safe
2022-12-16:
I have to get out NOW from my autonomous vehicle: urgent egress and passenger overrides
Look for webcasts and other audio/visual media on my talks page.
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