"The computer can fail, send an inappropriate signal and boom, you go...
And if the computer sends an inappropriate signal and the throttle opens and the car runs away, that's a software glitch."
And if the computer sends an inappropriate signal and the throttle opens and the car runs away, that's a software glitch."
"So now, after decades invested in metrics-driven verification, formal verification, and methodology management, we find that our chips don't work as expected because the software is still being 'verified' by feeding it test cases until the schedule expires. And we find that our cars run into things for the same reason, and the press of course will blame the problem on 'electronics.'"
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February 5, 2010 at 9:50 AM-
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Written by: Ben Simo
Today I read that Steve Wozniak is convinced a software bug made his Prius uncontrollably speed up to 97 MPH.
The Perfect Storm May Rain 1's and 0's
Brian Cooley, CBS News
Now an already scary story has a spooky, virusy, cyber-something flavor added to it. Umm, did we forget to tell car buyers that they don't really control their cars any more – computers do?
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