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Old 27th July 2020 | 11:02
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cattletruck
 
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From: Mesopotamos
I wonder what it will say deep down in the fine print when flying as pax on one of these craft. Probably similar to your typical Windows operating system EULA where you absolve all your rights and accept the uncertified workmanship given to you as the norm forever.

Now if only all those software engineers livelihoods were on the line with jail time for negligence, only then will you see a real improvement in quality before release rather than a "it's fixed in version 2.0" response.

Tesla gets around this by requiring the driver keep their hands near the steering wheel - which isn't autonomous, though I accept designing for road travel has considerably more challenges.

I am a loss why we still keep throwing millions if not billions of dollars at a task that is relatively simple enough when the actual benefit in real terms proves to be quite marginal.
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