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On 28/03/18 02:04, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:0e59a988-ed21-4e45-a2ed-7a51995dbe6c@googlegroups.com...
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>> ... it is up to the consumer to read the label on a product to see whether
>> the product has been designed and manufactured in accordance with
>> various voluntary regimes of best-practices in industry-standards.
> 
> That's surely helpful for the lady that was run over crossing the street.

Yes, that's where the informed consumer idea falls somewhat apart.

> Self-driving cars have safety requirements near those of avionics software.
> But the actual requirements on such software is far from the same. I'm
> afraid it will take a bunch of lawsuits to get the automakers in line, and
> quite possibly not even that. (I hear they actively want to avoid making
> software that actually is known to work.)

That would be to be able to ignore that it deviates from expected 
performance?

Álex.

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>                          Randy.
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