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> if the 1/10 of deaths are caused by computer errors then at least the problem can be fixed over time. This only follows through if you don't introduce new te
by objclxt 13y ago
> if the 1/10 of deaths are caused by computer errors then at least the problem can be fixed over time.
This only follows through if you don't introduce new technology and innovations to your software (and thus new bugs), which isn't going to happen.
If you look at air travel, the number of fatal accidents occurring each decade since the 1950s has stayed around the same, even though we've significantly improved automated systems and reduced the potential for pilot error.
- loolo 13y agoThe number of accidents has perhaps stayed roughly the same but there's a hell of a lot more planes flying every day now. So it's highly likely that the accident rate per flight has dropped dramatically. (Though I don't have the data handy to support either hypothesis).
- visakanv 13y agoThis is correct. The better our flight technology gets, the more we push our planes to fly in rough weather, etc.
- jonmrodriguez 13y agovisakanv wrote this good comment: "This is correct. The better our flight technology gets, the more we push our planes to fly in rough weather, etc." visavanv, it looks like you got hellbanned between 10~14 days ago, possibly because of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6548892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6548892