[naijaboiler]

You can say that about just every industry tech bros intrude on with hubris.

[marcosdumay]

Well, the software startup mentality didn't succeed in revolutionizing any industry except for software.

And it is looking quite shortsighted and unsustainable for software too.

[Gordonjcp]

Yeah exactly, like the car industry. Christ, can you imagine if one of those cloud-cuckoolander morons decided they wanted to start a car company? You'd have kinda cool-looking cars that were surprisingly affordable but all the switches would be replaced by a big touchscreen that's too bright to look at when you're driving at night, and all the important safety systems would be written in node.js or some damn thing.

[Qwertious]

Do Teslas actually have important safety systems written in node.js?

[Gordonjcp]

Portions of the "Autopilot" and FSD systems are written in Node.

You reckon self-driving cars are going to be safer? I have a 1998 Range Rover that barely has *any* software on board, never mind things that will shit a brick because of the next Leftpad Incident.

[eternityforest]

There are plenty of 1998 vehicles with drivers ready to shit a brick at a moments notice though.

[Gordonjcp]

So, much the same as Tesla Autopilot, which is currently far less safe than driving manually?

[eternityforest]

Pretty much. Current Tesla seems to be nightmarish, but still within general range of some of the less good human drivers.

I'm still super excited about the tech, because I am very clumsy and have no business even trying to drive, and a car is one of the highest modern luxuries out there. Not that I expect to be able to afford it when it comes out....