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Developers will become engineers as soon as the legal liability for mistakes falls on them.
by supahfly_remix 2y ago
Developers will become engineers as soon as the legal liability for mistakes falls on them.
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoI have good news, AI will be the cover for all mistakes now, since it can be fingerpointed/scapegoated as the source of all code.
- supahfly_remix 2y agoI know you're joking, but I'm talking about legal responsibility like this: https://insideevs.com/news/575160/mercedes-accepts-legal-responsibility-drive-pilot/ https://insideevs.com/news/575160/mercedes-accepts-legal-res.... In this case, Mercedes, not the the developer, is assuming liability, but that responsibility will trickle down.
- tut-urut-utut 2y agoWhy do you think it’s fair for responsibility to trickle down, while profit never goes to engineers.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoThat is yet to be determined. There is some pressure in the other direction. I know of one large corporation, that does a lot of work around the world of the kind where programming errors could destroy property or kill people, has strict policies wrt. AI-generated code. This includes an obligation to clearly mark code that was written by AI, as well as restrictions on when it's allowed. This is driven not just by potential IP issues, but also by security and export control. (Yes, in a large enough corp, export control is a source of a surprisingly large amount of extra work...)
- _aavaa_ 2y agoI doubt it, that decision wouldn't be consistent with other rulings with regards to engineering work. Depending on the jurisdiction, the engineer (actual licensed engineer) stamps their seal of approval on the work and takes responsibility. Even if the software they used had a bug in it that caused ti to produce wrong answers, they are still responsible.
- pjmlp 2y agoSome of us are actually Professional Engineers, not a random title that someone decides to call themselves.