The chapter emphasizes the need for community engagement as a separate function in the autonomous vehicle industry, highlighting the differences in mindset required compared to policy work. It also briefly mentions the upcoming Up Summit event for networking with startups in aviation.
Alex and Kirsten riff on the most recent robotaxi news before they head off to the Up Summit in Dallas. With Ed gone this week, the duo turned to CMU professor, engineer and autonomous vehicle safety expert Philip Koopman swung by to discuss the hands-off, eyes-off Mercedes Drive Pilot system and whether it's really Level 3 automation.