Which is why all the banksters went to jail for the swindles that
wrecked the economy in 2008 & Glass-Steagall is once again the law of
the land here in the USofA.
On 8/31/2015 5:03 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
That case was nearly 50 years ago; since that time consumer power has
changed dramatically, and so has the availability of evidence.
Self-driven cars will record all the variables that they monitor and
control, and there will be a blackbox recorder like on a plane, which
will be amenable to independent accident investigators, not to say
lawyers, so there will be nowhere for the manufacturers to hide.
They have no choice but to put safety before profit. The alternative
is no more manufacturer.
Because of increased consumer power, thanks to people like Ralph
Nader who was so vilified by so many Americans caught up in the
corporate lie, manufacturers are far quicker to recall products for
much smaller issues, and in the case of software it will be far
easier and cheaper to correct it than will ever be the case with
hardware.
B
On 31 Aug 2015, at 21:30, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
Do you remember the Ford Pinto with the faulty gas tanks?
http://www.autosafety.org/uploads/phpq3mJ7F_FordMemo.pdf
Do you think the manufacturers of self-driving cars will be any more
ethical? Will they put passenger safety ahead of profit?
On 8/31/2015 3:25 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 31 Aug 2015, at 20:10, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
According to some, [...] those who deny that it is possible are
wrong.
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
[...] The conspiracy folks [...]
Do you really, really think that the people who are designing this
stuff are not aware of the risks, and do not spend a lot of time and
money thinking about this stuff, working through the possibilities
and the countermeasures? Have you any idea at all of the types of
people who are involved in designing and validating safety-critical
software?
Even so, it won't be perfect, but anyone who thinks that the risks of
the imperfect software coupled with a bloody big Stop! button in
every car outweigh the benefits of saving upwards of 1,000,000 lives
per year lost as the result of human errors must be barking mad.
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