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Bryant Walker Smith

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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Why are corporate valuations so often equated to national GDPs (e.g., per the Atlantic, "OpenAI and Anthropic are valued at about $1.2 trillion combined—more than the GDP of Poland.")? This is like comparing apple trees to oranges.
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Tonight I’m grieving for Americans and for humanity." time.com/archive/6684...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Senators Amy Klobuchar, Tammy Duckworth, and Lisa Blunt Rochester asked me about the relationship between automated driving and: * Data * First responders * Preemption * Accessibility * Competitiveness * Employment My answers are at newlypossible.org/files/2026Se...
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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social urges caution on autonomous vehicles at Senate hearing, emphasizing US road safety crisis, company trustworthiness, local expertise, and avoiding federal preemption cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2026/02...
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Opening Statement of Professor Bryant Walker Smith for the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee’s Hearing on Automated Driving (February 4, 2026)
[Watch on YouTube] Thank you for your invitation. I’ll offer seven points. First: American driving is dangerous. Automated driving could help, if we’re careful about it. But people are dying today ...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Want to ride a robotaxi in China? Sven and I explain how in www.businessinsider.com/the-ultimate...
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We rode in dozens of driverless robotaxis in China. They're far from perfect, but they're ahead of most of the world.
Automotive and AI professionals share how to be a robotaxi tourist in China, including the apps to download and the best cities to ride in.
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
NHTSA is seeking comment on the Global Technical Regulation (GTR) on Automated Driving Systems (ADS) developed within the United Nations system: www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Some lengthier thoughts on Waymo's weekend traffic jams: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/on-waymos-tr...
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On Waymo's Traffic Jams
Three thoughts on Waymo's recent traffic jams during a power outage in San Francisco. First, these jams – in which Waymo's vehicles appeared to come to a stop in intersections and active travel lanes...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
(1/4) Yesterday's Waymo jams (missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...) show *exactly* why:
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Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
California DMV's new automated driving proposal is a bit hard to find, so: Notice: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/... Article 3.7: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/... Article 3.8: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/... Statement of Reasons: www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/file/... Comment period ends December 18, 2025
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"Micromobility" has always been around -- but for far too long has been at both the literal and metaphorical margins of our streets: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/micromobilit...
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Micromobility Vehicles in the Park
“Micromobility” refers to a diverse set of transportation modes that, at least on the ground, fall somewhere between traveling by foot and traveling by car: “bicycles, scooters, electric-assist bicycl...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Automotive regulators and developers (including Tesla) recognize that "I am driving this self-driving car" and "I am driving this car that drives itself" are non-sequiturs: papers.ssrn.com/abstract=563... "Self-Driving" Means Self-Driving (draft article)
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"Self-Driving" Means Self-Driving
Tesla uses the name "Full Self-Driving" to market a driver assistance system that still requires its user to pay attention to the road. And yet, as th
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Three years ago I asked ChatGPT's image generator (née DALL-E) to illustrate the facts of the famous case of Palsgraf v. LIRR: ssrn.com/abstract=422... Today, here's how Google's Gemini Veo interprets Judge Andrews's short summary of these facts:
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
On turquoise lights on cars that cannot drive themselves: cyberlaw.stanford.edu/turquoise-la...
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Turquoise lamps on cars that cannot drive themselves
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indicate that they are in automated driving m...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
2022: "Parsing whether [human agents] are driving or merely assisting distracts from the more important question of whether the company itself is driving *safely* through its hardware and software, its employees and contractors, and its connections between them. cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2022/05...
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On Remote Driving
The Law Commission in the United Kingdom recently completed its massive study on domestic legal reform for automated driving. As the UK government works to implement the study’s thoughtful recommendat...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Wondering how Alphabet's Waymo robotaxis compare with Baidu's Apollo robotaxis? My observations from San Francisco and Wuhan are at cyberlaw.stanford.edu/comparing-ro...
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Comparing Robotaxis: Baidu's Apollo and Alphabet's Waymo
This comparison between my experience as a passenger in Baidu’s Apollo robotaxis and Alphabet’s Waymo robotaxis is based on multiple rides I took in Wuhan and San Francisco in early 2025 as well as on...
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Bryant Walker Smith @bwalkersmith.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The US Department of Transportation has released the report of the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee on which I serve as vice chair: www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go... Our report makes numerous recommendations on AI, automated driving, project delivery, and innovation for safety.
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