tedu on Nostr: Funny thing about Therac-25. Comes up in literally every discussion about how ...
Funny thing about Therac-25. Comes up in literally every discussion about how dangerous software can be (still is), but it's been 40 years. I don't think we should forget the lessons of the past, but at some point maybe we should acknowledge the past is the past not the present.
The amount of software in life critical medical systems is magnitudes greater than in the Therac times. If nothing has improved, shouldn't we have more recent tragedies to reference?
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