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Dangers of driverless cars

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

A Tesla traveling in driverless mode crashed into another car and killed the people in it.

I presume Tesla's engineers are working hard to design a system that will never do this. I've seen reports that this is fundamentally difficult.

But even if they succeed, Tesla's servers could remotely command a car to crash off a cliff.

Why would they do that? I don't think the staff of Tesla would send such a command, but they might not know about it. Various governments, or criminal gangs, might be able to crack their system, or use the law to demand access, so they could do this.

Compromise through submission

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

Macron called for a rapid "compromise" with government workers that would include their acceptance of his plan to cut their pensions.

As usual for plutocratist politicians, the French government wants to "unite the French" in serving the rich better.

Voter-ID law workaround blocked

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

A US court blocked North Carolina's new voter-ID law, which was designed to achieve the same discrimination as the old voter-ID law while avoiding the specific reasons for which that one was overturned.

I worry that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh will restore it.

Systemic poverty increase

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

A study ties increased poverty in the UK to changes in systems to support the poor.

More political censorship

mardi 7 janvier 2020 à 01:00

Pakistan is imposing strict and blatant political censorship.