This is how NASA writes software:
https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff
I want the software driving cars around my family to be held to the a similar standard of quality. In the context of self-driving cars, "Move fast and break things" means "Half-arse it and kill people."
Humans in the USA manage 1.16 fatalities per 100,000,000 miles travelled. Uber's software couldn't even get to 3 million miles before it killed someone.
We do this properly, or not at all.
@ifixcoinops Would that the people building self-driving car software had this much time, patience, and funding, but I don't expect that will ever be true of a for-profit company with investors breathing down its neck. It's not like developers "haven't learned" these lessons. It's not just a bad choice. They're operating under an entirely different set of incentives.
All of which is not an argument against raising the bar -- it's an argument that this software must be made by someone else.
@relsqui Perversely enough I may actually trust Google to get this right. Their incentive is to keep you hypnotized by your phone on a long, slow, boring journey, whereas Uber's incentive is to get you from point A to point B as quickly as possible to rack up more taxi fares.