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Nothing that you say is responsive to my point. None of your so-called engineers at Tesla has ever said, "I'm sorry Mr. Musk, we won't deploy those features bec
by ForHackernews 8d ago
Nothing that you say is responsive to my point. None of your so-called engineers at Tesla has ever said, "I'm sorry Mr. Musk, we won't deploy those features because it's against the Software Engineering Code to do beta-testing on live vehicles where it harms users and endangers members of the public. You can fire us, but you'll get the same answer from the next engineer you call into this office."
- pfdietz 8d agoBut one might also ask: is it actually bad to do beta testing on live vehicles? Self-driving cars might globally save many millions of lives. Consideration of statistical lives leads to counterintuitive consequences.
- ForHackernews 8d agoAbsolutely, and real professions with real professional ethical standards have considered such questions[0] and taken informed positions on them. Nothing of the kind exists for programmers. [0] https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ama-code-medical-ethics-opinions-clinical-research/2015-12 https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/ama-code-medica...