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The saying in those fields is "the rules are written in blood". The Therac-25 (a medical device) is taught in practically every CS Ethics class for having chang
by volkl48 9y ago
The saying in those fields is "the rules are written in blood". The Therac-25 (a medical device) is taught in practically every CS Ethics class for having changed software development practices for such things.
The cynic in me thinks self-driving will require the same, the rules and conservative practices will only come after a bunch of highly publicized, avoidable failures that leave their own trail of blood.
- jacquesm 9y agoI wonder how the public would respond if the person killed in that Uber accident a while ago was a kid on a bicycle and how the response will be when/if a Tesla on autopilot plows into a schoolbus (a situation they seem to have problems with is stationary objects partially in a lane).
- Piskvorrr 9y agoIf there's anything left to be conservative upon. Current climate of "drive fast and kill people" might wipe out the field via PR.