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Again, this was a completely undocumented (and unintentional) race condition. There was nothing in the manual stating that "the machine will do bad things if yo
by hexane360 8y ago
Again, this was a completely undocumented (and unintentional) race condition. There was nothing in the manual stating that "the machine will do bad things if you try to change the mode twice in less than 8 seconds". Averaging of control inputs was a documented, intentional design choice. Being "expected to know the correct operating procedures" doesn't extend to "know how the machine works better than its designers" or "be omniscient".
- ghaff 8y agoYes. There is a huge difference between undocumented and documented. And also between pilots flying a plane they are certified on and nurses who are probably less specialized.
- nv-vn 8y agoRight, I meant that the issue was not responding safely to a malfunction. If it was undocumented, the operator should have paused the operation and attempted to contact the manufacturer. I don't blame them for their response necessarily (in the same way I don't think the programmers were actually guilty of a crime), but I think that should have been the main takeaway from this.