Autonomous System Safety by Phil Koopman

Autonomous System Safety by Phil Koopman

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June 2025

Tesla Deployment Gets Messy. Should we worry?
So much debate and speculation, and so little transparency from Tesla.
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Tesla Robotaxis Go Live In Austin
Boring rides are what we want to see for safety
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A practical list of embodied AI safety concerns: Additional eAI ethical issues (Part 5)
In this final subsection we briefly survey some other ethical issues that seem likely to be relevant for embodied AI (eAI) systems.
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Tesla Robotaxi Deployment in Austin
What I'm thinking about safety as the date approaches
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A practical list of embodied AI safety concerns: Polluting the information space (Part 4)
A somewhat different type of harmful content is the unintentional creation of misinformation, or the purposeful creation of disinformation.
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May 2025

A practical list of embodied AI safety concerns: Creating harmful content (Part 3)
The rise of generative AI, including LLMs, has created a very real threat from the creation of synthetic content that is harmful in one way or another.
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Adapting ANSI/UL 4600 Into A Self-Driving Regulatory Standard
How to make UL 4600 objective and repeatable for regulatory use
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Zoox Robotaxi Moves After Collision with e-Scooter Rider
Zoox barely avoids recreating the Cruise pedestrian dragging sequence
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A practical list of embodied AI safety concerns: Evading transparency (Part 2)
Another issue with adopting AI/ML technology is that it can be misused or abused to create harmful outcomes by evading transparency.
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A practical list of embodied AI safety concerns: Evading Accountability (Part 1)
There are deep questions being asked in the area of AI safety, and numerous AI incidents to ponder, with most current examples coming from the…
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