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Sometime iceberg lettuce kills people (salmonella). We have safety regulations and inspections to mitigate that, but you can never prove that iceberg lettuce is
by mgraczyk 5y ago
Sometime iceberg lettuce kills people (salmonella). We have safety regulations and inspections to mitigate that, but you can never prove that iceberg lettuce is safe.
- d110af5ccf 5y agoThis is specious. I can take actions to mitigate food poisoning such as rinsing my vegetables prior to consumption. If a company claims that their leafy greens are already rinsed and safe to consume without further prep work when in fact they are not then presumably they can be held liable. The risks surrounding vegetable packaging and distribution are well understood, readily quantifiable, and possible to mitigate. Computer vision algorithms on the other hand are poorly understood black boxes with seemingly arbitrary failure modes. We do not (yet) appear to understand how to quantify or mitigate the associated risks. The consequences of failure are quite severe in comparison to food poisoning. Only a fool would trust their life to them.