Re:Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging ...
by rurban on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @07:13AM
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This was factory automation SW, not car SW. Robots could kill people also, but afaik those robots are protected from people there, so it's only economical sabotage.
And to those were wondering about robots sabotaging security sensitive car equipment: This should not be possible. In such situations you'll always two independent chains of control, one in HW and one in SW. In the car. HW breaks down eventually and SW is always partially broken.
A car is a potential murder weapon. So yes. Especially considering it may be remote-controlled, and deployed by the millions.