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by etendue 10y ago
I'd be very wary of using complex SOUP like TensorFlow, even if brought under my quality system. I think a good answer here is that once one goes under design control the subset of functionality needed should be implemented in-house u
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by etendue 10y ago
I think the simple answer is that it is not easy. To start, rigorous design processes with risk analysis upfront are certainly necessary, as are well-defined operational contexts for the autonomous functionality, and a very disciplined app
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by etendue 10y ago
The report makes reference to "Assessment of Safety Standards for Automotive Electronic Control Systems" by NHTSA, which itself reviews ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882E, DO-178C, the FMVSS, AUTOSAR, and MISRA C. In this context, they mean
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by etendue 10y ago
N.B., this policy is mainly concerned with Highly Automated Vehicles (HAVs), which are defined as SAE Level 3 ("capable of monitoring the driving environment") and above. edit: as to SAE Level 2, it has this (and more) to say: &gt
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Self-Driving Cars Must Meet 15 Benchmarks in U.S. Guidance(bloomberg.com)
251 points by etendue 10y ago|297 comments
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by etendue 10y ago
I think this point from the post deserves emphasis, for consideration in future discussions: > If Tesla makes a "major" change to software, pretty much all bets are off as to whether the new software will be better or worse in
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by etendue 10y ago
Thinking of training data sets as an example: they contain a lot of personal information (faces, license plates, times, locations, speeds, etc.). Depends on jurisdiction, but there likely aren't legal issues in amassing and using this
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by etendue 10y ago
Will ethics (e.g., the collection and storage of personal information, or professional responsibilities in regulated industries) be given any treatment?
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Why President Obama Won't, and Shouldn't, Pardon Snowden(lawfareblog.com)
10 points by etendue 10y ago|5 comments
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Warby Parker is getting better results reducing managers’ control over workers(qz.com)
1 points by etendue 10y ago|0 comments
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by etendue 10y ago
I believe that the comment you are responding to was speaking to the asymmetry that people with experience in computational biology have an easier time moving to general data science problems than do people with experience in general data s
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by etendue 10y ago
How would one go about meaningfully contributing to solving problems in genetics without having done the work leading to a MD or PhD (or both)?
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by etendue 10y ago
> Or is "that's disturbing" somehow considered to be an indication of dismissal or disagreement? Actually, you said "It disturbs me that all the examples so far are science fiction." which (a bit out of context a
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by etendue 10y ago
I am not trying to imply that people are having difficulty distinguishing fiction from reality. I am noting that real auto companies have deliberately placed product concepts in media to prime people's expectations of what future produ
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by etendue 10y ago
I don't see why my examples should in any way "disturb you". Science fiction frequently is an inspiration for products and ideas that are made real, examples are legion. I judiciously selected I Robot and Minority Report bec
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by etendue 10y ago
Demolition Man, I Robot, or Minority Report
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by etendue 10y ago
The attrition rate for a PhD program isn't 90%, but 50% is not unknown; my own was around 30% (measured from matriculation to defense, my class year). Some students were forced out of the program, others left on their own accord. Also
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by etendue 10y ago
This is an absolutely incorrect assertion: drug discovery is but one part of the drug development process. You're ignoring (among other things) the work in medicinal chemistry, retrosynthesis, and scale up/chemical engineering th
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Another fatal Tesla Autopilot crash emerges, Model S hits a streetsweeper truck(electrek.co)
2 points by etendue 10y ago|1 comments
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by etendue 10y ago
> The $999 price point is designed to be affordable, and is possible because of the components Comma uses in its product, which tend to be inexpensive off-the-shelf electronics. "Inexpensive off-the-shelf electronics" aren&#x27
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by etendue 10y ago
I doubt I would, even though I use Python for other purposes. Lua isn't the only one in this space: I personally use Tcl (or Jim Tcl) for this sort of work, and it (IMHO) excels in this area. What advantages would you see your Python
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by etendue 10y ago
The Live Image with my sister is an MP4 file, 852KB, 480x640 resolution, H.264 encoding.
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by etendue 10y ago
We are on the same page I think, the skepticism is shared: I'm in medical and not automotive, but much of our PLM process is shaped by what was learned in the automotive and aerospace worlds. It boggles my mind to imagine how Tesla ca
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Inside Moderna Therapeutics, biotech's most secretive startup(statnews.com)
3 points by etendue 10y ago|0 comments
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by etendue 10y ago
I was on vacation recently and used Pix all over---I got many great photos that were clearly better than what I would have gotten with the stock app (the built-in comparison feature is a great idea), even on landscapes where there weren&#x2
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The Three Most Important Words? 'I Don't Know'(bloomberg.com)
2 points by etendue 10y ago|0 comments
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by etendue 10y ago
Oops, my question was ambiguous—I was actually wondering how you measured "mental load", as you put it.
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by etendue 10y ago
Completely agree---it could also make for a very lucrative consulting business.
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by etendue 10y ago
> In my small sample set(~30k AP miles) I've found the mental load for driving long distances and rush hour traffic to be significantly less. Interesting---how did you measure this?
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by etendue 10y ago
The speed with which these changes are rolled out, especially considering the scale of the changes, is also … impressive while under design controls.

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