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I'd be very wary of using complex SOUP like TensorFlow, even if brought under my quality system. I think a good answer here is that once one goes under design control the subset of…

I think the simple answer is that it is not easy. To start, rigorous design processes with risk analysis upfront are certainly necessary, as are well-defined operational contexts f…

The report makes reference to "Assessment of Safety Standards for Automotive Electronic Control Systems" by NHTSA, which itself reviews ISO 26262, MIL-STD-882E, DO-178C, the FMVSS,…

N.B., this policy is mainly concerned with Highly Automated Vehicles (HAVs), which are defined as SAE Level 3 ("capable of monitoring the driving environment") and above. edit: as …

I think this point from the post deserves emphasis, for consideration in future discussions: > If Tesla makes a "major" change to software, pretty much all bets are off as to wheth…

The nanodegree page prominently lists the "base salary: self driving car engineer" as $66.8k to $210k. Noice! Following the link to the data ( https://www.paysa.com/salaries/self-d…

Thinking of training data sets as an example: they contain a lot of personal information (faces, license plates, times, locations, speeds, etc.). Depends on jurisdiction, but there…

Will ethics (e.g., the collection and storage of personal information, or professional responsibilities in regulated industries) be given any treatment?

I believe that the comment you are responding to was speaking to the asymmetry that people with experience in computational biology have an easier time moving to general data scien…

How would one go about meaningfully contributing to solving problems in genetics without having done the work leading to a MD or PhD (or both)?

> Or is "that's disturbing" somehow considered to be an indication of dismissal or disagreement? Actually, you said "It disturbs me that all the examples so far are science fiction…

I am not trying to imply that people are having difficulty distinguishing fiction from reality. I am noting that real auto companies have deliberately placed product concepts in me…

I don't see why my examples should in any way "disturb you". Science fiction frequently is an inspiration for products and ideas that are made real, examples are legion. I judiciou…

Demolition Man, I Robot, or Minority Report

The attrition rate for a PhD program isn't 90%, but 50% is not unknown; my own was around 30% (measured from matriculation to defense, my class year). Some students were forced out…

This is an absolutely incorrect assertion: drug discovery is but one part of the drug development process. You're ignoring (among other things) the work in medicinal chemistry, ret…

> The $999 price point is designed to be affordable, and is possible because of the components Comma uses in its product, which tend to be inexpensive off-the-shelf electronics. "I…

I doubt I would, even though I use Python for other purposes. Lua isn't the only one in this space: I personally use Tcl (or Jim Tcl) for this sort of work, and it (IMHO) excels in…

The Live Image with my sister is an MP4 file, 852KB, 480x640 resolution, H.264 encoding.