@Natanael_L @i0null seriously: why can you not "punish...

@Natanael_L @i0null seriously: why can you not "punish the computer"?

We can punish a car manufacturer when they forgot to put in brakes. We can punish an app developer when their app is harming us. We can punish a cloud provider when they leak data. And so on.

I feel it's far more involved than you state. What if I don't use "a computer" but instead a lambda on AWS? It would make sense the software developer is responsible when it makes a Wong decision?

Like 10 Dec 2023 at 15:26 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.nl

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Natanael ⚠️

@berkes @i0null you have the whole chain from collecting requirements to implementation to the operator of the system, the responsibility lies with whoever has contributed to the misbehavior (or opted not to fix it).

Whoever made the decision that software or hardware which they should have known wasn't ready should be put into production.

10 Dec 2023 at 15:35 | Open on mastodon.social

Bèr Kessels 🐝 🚐 🏄 🌱

@Natanael_L @i0null In that case "the computer" being a system, can be held responsible, no?

10 Dec 2023 at 15:40 | Open on mastodon.nl

Natanael ⚠️

@berkes @i0null what will you do to hold it responsible? Yell at it? Power it down? Reprogram it?

And who will do so? And if you look closer, isn't whoever human that will enact this the actual person responsible for the machine's operation as they can override it?

10 Dec 2023 at 15:51 | Open on mastodon.social

mystixa 🎶🎧

@berkes @Natanael_L @i0null One can't 'punish a car manufacturer'.. one can add to the expense of manufacturing but that is just another of many that businesses deal with in every transaction.

11 Dec 2023 at 2:42 | Open on ravenation.club