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> The software could have been designed to make the probability of requesting a 38.5x overdose from the robot pharmacist negligible, by reserving a special warn
by PhantomGremlin 12y ago
> The software could have been designed to make the probability of requesting a 38.5x overdose from the robot pharmacist negligible, by reserving a special warning for extreme circumstances
A special warning is good. But the software could ALSO require the doctor to, instead of just clicking, read a message like this on the screen:
YES I REALLY WANT A DOSE OF 6160 MG OF (whatever)
Then force the doctor to re-type that exact message into an input field. Typing required, no cut/paste allowed.
There is nobody, no matter how busy, who would type those words without thinking about what they are doing.
Of course, that sort of typing can't be requested routinely, only in extreme circumstances. Perhaps these extreme circumstances would require TWO people to type that same message?
Or, maybe the software should simply REJECT a dosage greater than perhaps 10x safe dosage for a person. No override allowed?