The Coming Software Apocalypse

peet · Post by **peet** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:41 am

Longread of The Atlantic. If you are a software coder this article might be interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ ... de/540393/

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:20 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

peet · Post by **peet** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:43 pm

I read some of the stories on Therac 25. I feel sad for the poor folks. Some accounts would make a good horror movie if it was not for real.

raumvogel · Post by **raumvogel** » Thu Sep 28, 2017 5:47 pm

Yea...imagine thinking you are going to get treatment...and being murdered by a robot.

I hope they were sued into oblivion.

beauty · Post by **beauty** » Mon Oct 09, 2017 4:30 am

peet wrote:QUOTE (peet @ Sep 27 2017, 03:41 AM) Longread of The Atlantic. If you are a software coder this article might be interesting.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ ... de/540393/

Thanks Peet - Great article.