Andy Knopp

I own Gangnam English Academy, an English pre-school and elementary after-school learning center in Seoul, Korea.

[Dr. Jon Slotkin @slotkinjr]

I have a guest essay in @nytimes today about autonomous vehicle safety. I wrote it because I’m tired of seeing children die. Done right, we can eliminate car crashes as a leading cause of death in the United States

@Waymo recently released data covering nearly 100 million driverless miles. I spent weeks analyzing it because the results seemed too good to be true. 91% fewer serious-injury crashes. 92% less pedestrians hit. 96% fewer injury crashes at intersections. The list goes on.

39,000 Americans died in crashes last year. More than homicide, plane crashes, and natural disasters combined. The #2 killer of children and young adults. The #1 cause of spinal cord injury. We’ve accepted this as the price of mobility.

We don’t have to.

In medicine, when a treatment shows this level of benefit, we stop the trial early. Continuing to give patients the placebo becomes unethical. When an intervention works this clearly, you change what you do.

In driving, we’re all the control group.

Cities like DC and Boston are blocking deployment. And cities are not the only forces mobilizing to slow this progress.

It’s time we stop treating this like a tech moonshot and start treating it like a public health intervention that will save lives.

Link to article below.

👀 this video of Waymo cars evading crashes with people and vehicles. I especially note the ones that require it having a 360° view.

My sincere thanks to Alex Ellerbeck and @acsifferlin for their wisdom and sure hand in editing this piece.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@gifhawk2 Deserves a statue.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@unusual_whales I think there is a world market for maybe five quantum computers.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@linuz90 @LinusEkenstam What would be the point of assisted driving? Do you try to add up a row in Excel before it gives you the answer?

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@OjisanKaichou @cherokeeowl @HawleyMO I wonder if he charges the same price per plate at every fundraiser.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@nickjayres @mctait Playing through a big who draws double teams and can pass well is the very best way to get more good 3pt looks.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@lakeshow817 @JoshuaCReeves @KevinOConnorNBA This is the correct definition. And I think this pass did lead directly to the basket. It's very borderline, but MPJ didn't really make an independent move, he basically went straight to the bucket.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@SwissLuka @ShaanVP Actually 3x less. @ShaanVP couldn't find the answer so he called Elon and that's what he estimated.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@Val_Koziol @SawyerMerritt All it needs to do is detect the spill, then send it to a regular human carwash. Send the bill to the customer. Similar to how Uber handles it now.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@nickgraynews Agree 100%. I like it when a panel crowd sources the next question, and let's people vote on the questions they like the best.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

10 years ago today, I published my big post on AI. It has aged quite well if I may say so myself. Of the many 2015 predictions I cited in the post about the rate of AI progress ahead, it seems that the most bullish are the ones who had it right.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@TheStalwart Just tax any amount borrowed against stock the same way you would tax a sale of the stock.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@AJ_Capalxt @Three_Cone Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@ChompUTwoBits @StatMamba @tayboletalk @2stones1bird23 @WNBA @IndianaFever @Stathead @CaitlinClark22 CC had 13 assists. He's not saying she had the best game ever. Just that no one has exceeded her in every category in a single game. But I'm pretty sure no one has exceeded Hakeem in every category of this game either.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@gregisenberg There are 68mil gen z Americans. 41% spent $10,870 on watches? That's $305bil. Total luxury watch market is less than $4bil.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@Sam_Vecenie Should've been immediate ejection. Coaches should get techs for stepping on the court. Enforced as strictly as if a player with the ball steps on the sideline.

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@HolyMeekrob I would watch every single one. Maybe a prestige television miniseries? Who do you cast as Ferris?

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

@DreNader 100%. The difference in crash rate between an autonomous car and a human driver will be bigger than the difference between a regular human driver and a very drunk driver (log scale). This will become obvious hopefully way sooner than 2055!

[Andy Knopp @andyknopp]

When I see athletes do a cool handshake, I think about the conversation they had to have to plan and practice that handshake and it doesn't seem as cool anymore.