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> Software is only is good as the guy programming it. I guess chess computers can never beat a human then. Because the software is only as good as the guy writ
by throwawaymsft 12y ago
> Software is only is good as the guy programming it.
I guess chess computers can never beat a human then. Because the software is only as good as the guy writing it.
> What happens when the software develops a bug? Be it in the middle of rush hour traffic, or hurling down the highway at 70mph?
What happens when a human is inexperienced/texting/drunk/sleepy? Humans have plenty of "bugs" but you don't notice them.
> For all of the great things we know self driving cars can potentially bring to the table, how do we account for the issue of buggy software?
Trials. Testing. Every accident (which is inevitable) will be scrutinized and used to improve the system (unlike the 40k annual deaths in the US where that unfortunate experience helps nobody, except perhaps installing a traffic light or barrier).
- wanderingstan 12y agoBack when I wrote video games, I often had to explain to people that was a terrible player of these games. Many people have a default implicit assumption that you can't make something that you are not a master of. Similarly, it's hard to appreciate how software can encode the accumulated "smarts" of literally thousands of contributors, all running at inhumanly fast speed.