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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by jsight on Friday January 05, 2024 @08:17PM (#38887295)
The flip side to this is that every system involving software seems to inevitably devolve into a situation where the human is expected to no longer be responsible.

Oh, you floored it while the car was pointed at the wall? It has cameras, why didn't the car disable the go pedal?

This is happening more and more with cars, and it seems inevitable that it will happen in other spaces as well, as software is expected to protect us from ourselves.

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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by underwater on Friday January 05, 2024 @09:14PM (#38887674)
There is a big difference between software being the safety net for humans, and humans being the safety net for software.
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Re:Boeing wants FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get... by jsight on Friday January 05, 2024 @10:01PM (#38887950)
In the extreme, yes. But it looks like it is actually a continuum, with a shockingly blurry line forming the threshold.
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