Tap a claim on the ring to put it at the centre.
← A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing…
17 connected korrents · 18 moments on record from 25 Nov 2020 to 7 Sept 2026.
Everything filed under self-driving cars
self-driving cars
Everything filed under China
China
Everything filed under Europe
Europe
Everything filed under America
America Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. A carmaker's claim to be the safest is mostly an artefact of comparing a new car against a fleet average twelve years old. Last stated 3 years ago
19 Dec 2023
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A self-driving car should be roughly ten times safer than a human driver before it is deployed, to leave engineering margin for what nobody can predict. — tap to centre the map on it A self-driving car should be roughly ten times safer than a human driver before it is deployed, to leave engineering margin for what nobody can predict. Last stated 4 years ago
8 Jan 2023
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: At current ride volumes it would take a leading robotaxi fleet about twenty years without a single fatality to show it is as safe as the average human driver. — tap to centre the map on it At current ride volumes it would take a leading robotaxi fleet about twenty years without a single fatality to show it is as safe as the average human driver. Last stated 2 years ago
17 Jun 2024
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2024-06-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The first part of safety is that the thing works as advertised, not that nobody can misuse it. — tap to centre the map on it The first part of safety is that the thing works as advertised, not that nobody can misuse it. Last stated 8 months ago
8 Jan 2026
JH
Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: France and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry. — tap to centre the map on it France and Germany will ban Tesla's full self-driving to protect their own car industry. Last stated 2 months ago
22 Jul 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tesla has not found a better route to driverless cars; it is simply years behind, working on problems the leader solved long ago. — tap to centre the map on it Tesla has not found a better route to driverless cars; it is simply years behind, working on problems the leader solved long ago. Last stated 2 years ago
21 May 2024
TL
Timothy B. Lee — holds since 2024-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One company doing one ill-advised thing damages an entire emerging industry, which is why safety is a shared problem rather than a competitive one. — tap to centre the map on it One company doing one ill-advised thing damages an entire emerging industry, which is why safety is a shared problem rather than a competitive one. Last stated 3 years ago
29 Dec 2023
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2023-12-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nobody can drive the billions of representative miles that would prove a self-driving system safe before deploying it, so deployment always precedes proof. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can drive the billions of representative miles that would prove a self-driving system safe before deploying it, so deployment always precedes proof. Last stated 6 years ago
25 Nov 2020
PK
Philip Koopman — holds since 2020-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo. — tap to centre the map on it Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo. Last stated a year ago
22 Apr 2025
BT
Brad Templeton — holds since 2025-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. Last stated a month ago
7 Aug 2026
MH
Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago
10 Sept 2025
UL
Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. Last stated 4 months ago
8 May 2026
DR
David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
CH
Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are
EB
Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. Last stated a year ago
15 May 2025
HR
Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago
18 Aug 2026
EB
Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot have radical technological breakthroughs and also refuse to tolerate uncomfortably rich people, because the financial system it resents is what funds the innovation. Last stated a year ago
13 Aug 2025
KJ
Keyu Jin — holds since 2025-08-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. — tap to centre the map on it A country's large trade deficit in manufactured goods reduces its manufacturing employment below what it would be with balanced trade. Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. — tap to centre the map on it A large, sustained AI capability lead by either the US or China could shift the global balance of power between them. Last stated 2 days ago
5 Sept 2026
NS
Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-05 — tap for who they are