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It would be interesting to find out the computer literacy of those people involved. For a non computer literate person, having a computer take over for even a s
by johnl 17y ago
It would be interesting to find out the computer literacy
of those people involved. For a non computer literate person,
having a computer take over for even a second I would think would scare them in doing all sorts of things.
- rdtsc 17y agoIt's very irrational as when they fly on an airplane it is the computer that flies the plane most of the way. (Perhaps I naively think that even a computer illiterate person knows about the use of autopilots). On the other hand, their other experience with "computers" has been seeing blue screens of death and having to reboot to "fix it". But perhaps because of this, Toyota has to engage heavily in perception management. Even if they identify a software problem, they would love to blame it one a 'floor mat' as that makes it clear and predictable in people's minds ("oh it's just a floor mat, I understand that") as opposed to saying it is some electronic brain that is damaged that decides randomly to take over and kill drivers.