Post #605382
2026-03-09 16:19 UTC
Therac-25 huh? That shit is wild. I can't believe industry would be so irresponsible.
Anyway time to ask my Markov Waifu to make a list of probable military installations to bomb.
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@tezoatlipoca@mas.to 2026-03-09 16:33
@dreid updoot for Therac-25 reference. Still taught in every #engineering #Ethics & #Responsibility #101 to this day. Along with Tacoma Narrows, Kansas City Hyatt walkway collapse, Challenger explosion etc.
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@Dhmspector@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 19:37
@dreid all the archives of Peter Neumann’s RISKS digest are surely still available at acm.org — the Therac-25 was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what can go wrong even with the best methods in software engineering practice. Wonder what his take is on the utterly non-deterministic AI world …?
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@christmastree@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 19:51
@dreid markov waifu is such a 🔥 name