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Lorenzo Stoakes
ljs
When people tell you self driving cars are safe in 99% of situations, remember that I can sell you a carbon monoxide detector that works in 99% of real-world situations consisting of a piece of paper saying 'you're fine bro'
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Litherum
litherum@masto.ai@ljs sort of the opposite of “a broken clock is right twice a day” isn’t it 🤔
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Lorenzo Stoakes
ljs
@litherum people are too used to software domains where failure is trivial. Safety-critical systems are the diametric opposite.
The fact that tech immediately dived into applying techniques that inevitably by their nature have infinite long-tail failure cases and no way of avoiding them to a safety-critical system shows how morally bankrupt or stupid (possibly both) the whole industry is.
The fact that tech immediately dived into applying techniques that inevitably by their nature have infinite long-tail failure cases and no way of avoiding them to a safety-critical system shows how morally bankrupt or stupid (possibly both) the whole industry is.
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Jennifer
Jennifer@bookstodon.com@ljs when I was a kid I thought there would be flying self driving cars by now. I love the idea. But there is absolutely no way I'd ever use one right now.
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@ljs Just make sure not to get into 100 situations! 😜
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