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Some of this story has a real Therac vibe. Bad UI leading to input errors, an overload of undifferentiated and usually unimportant alerts creating a habit of ov
by leoc 8y ago
Some of this story has a real Therac vibe. Bad UI leading to input errors, an overload of undifferentiated and usually unimportant alerts creating a habit of overriding among operators, operators trusting the system in the face of clearly wrong-looking outcomes (including flesh which was warm to the touch, in the case of Therac-25 http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Therac_1.html http://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Therac... ).