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With all the software issues how do we know the plane didn't just randomly eject the pilot due to some buffer overflow...
by sschueller 3y ago
With all the software issues how do we know the plane didn't just randomly eject the pilot due to some buffer overflow...
- fransje26 3y agoAdd the transponder not working, and you come to the conclusion that the jet was operating exactly as it was supposed to, by design...
- belter 3y agoOr the AI they were trying on decided so...
- flangola7 3y agoHopefully that isn't a networked system. It should be physical action only.
- sschueller 3y agoEject-by-wire, I can envision some proponents for automated ejection in case the pilot is not responding or a machine is able to determine ejection is needed before a pilot realizes and it would be too late.
- SkyMarshal 3y agoIt's using a tiny subset of C++ and C, designed to prevent errors like that, but I wonder how well that works given the F-35 has several years of empirical data now. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27602606 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27602606