An afterthought - a dangerous afterthought. Tesla isn't mentioned, but issues have been documented. A different issue, but their self-driving feature is flawed and should be (in my opinion) banned as it's a danger to others.
The potential for evil people to control the operation of a car is terrifying.
No software updates for critical infrastructure should ever roll out to the entire user base simultaneously. Will have to treat users like lab rats- software updates go to a small random subsection of customers and wait to see how many rats die. This will catch some of the inadvertent mistakes, but not the bad actors who will leave a trojan horse in place until they are ready to bring down the fleet.
We need fail-soft systems. An escalator fails-soft into a stairway. An elevator fails-hard into a prison cell. A single emergency button to roll back into safe mode?
Posted by: greg b | January 13, 2023 at 10:30