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Sure, the officers and crew are ultimately responsible. But how are "we" enabling the officers and crew to do their jobs? Manually verifying minimum soundings i
by jwithington 5y ago
Sure, the officers and crew are ultimately responsible. But how are "we" enabling the officers and crew to do their jobs? Manually verifying minimum soundings is a terrible use of one's time AND something that a computer will beat a human at every time.
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- jvanderbot 5y agoA colleague visited a multi-billion-dollar, safety-critical facility that had adopted automated alarms based on safety rules. He was there because they were asking for software to help them sift through the cacophony of constantly-firing alarms which were distracting all their staff playing whack-a-mole "disable" and ruining situational awareness. I imagine it's similar here. Do you want the sub to move up automatically? To fire an alarm? To dissalow a maneuver? Absolutely not. Imagine a crew knowingly pushing their vehicle into potentially dangerous maneuvers and spending those critical moments fighting the vehicle or disabling alarms. This is how the "stick pusher" causes crashes on airplanes. The fault lies with whomever commanded the maneuver, not with the ship for doing a minor mutiny to prevent it. Now, as a counterpoint, see the f-16 auto-maneuver (I think this is a representative link): https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA583778.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA583778.pdf
- Jtsummers 5y ago> I imagine it's similar here. Do you want the sub to move up automatically? To fire an alarm? To dissalow a maneuver? Absolutely not. Imagine a crew knowingly pushing their vehicle into potentially dangerous maneuvers and spending those critical moments fighting the vehicle or disabling alarms. These kind of systems typically have manual overrides. If the operator truly believes they know best (or are in an exceptional situation that the automated system cannot account for), they can override the automated system (including many, if not most, safeguards). That's design 101 when you're building critical systems.
- jvanderbot 5y agoI imagine there are systems which are much more mature and un-intrusive, but my limited experience with the space has been quite negative.