I know this is just the wording of an analogy, but the thought process behind it concerns me. If a person or prices is "standing in the way" of flexibility, the reasons for it should be understood before simply removing it. Essentially the Chesterton's Fence argument.
Some rigidity is required to ensure things like quality and auditability. Boring things, but I would argue that these are boring things that are essential to a functioning and supportable product.
The following statement, however, seems to indicate they're being selective about where such a philosophy is being applied, which is obviously the smart play:
> A system that controls an aircraft or ensures a train does not pass a red signal is a piece of technology that includes software but must be designed, verified and validated by humans, Quadros said, and he does not expect that to disappear.
There's a certain amount of surprisingly rare 'self awareness' of the business and its processes required to know where to effectively apply AI, rather than blindly throwing it at everything.
> Co-founder Gonçalo Quadros says the Coimbra company will no longer be the software developer it has been, but will keep making systems for aviation, aerospace and cars that humans must still verify.
Oh my...why I don't believe this statement of his?!
> cutting whatever makes it less flexible
I know this is just the wording of an analogy, but the thought process behind it concerns me. If a person or prices is "standing in the way" of flexibility, the reasons for it should be understood before simply removing it. Essentially the Chesterton's Fence argument.
Some rigidity is required to ensure things like quality and auditability. Boring things, but I would argue that these are boring things that are essential to a functioning and supportable product.
The following statement, however, seems to indicate they're being selective about where such a philosophy is being applied, which is obviously the smart play:
> A system that controls an aircraft or ensures a train does not pass a red signal is a piece of technology that includes software but must be designed, verified and validated by humans, Quadros said, and he does not expect that to disappear.
There's a certain amount of surprisingly rare 'self awareness' of the business and its processes required to know where to effectively apply AI, rather than blindly throwing it at everything.
Source for the 200 number, in Portuguese, https://www.jn.pt/nacional/artigo/critical-software-vai-subs...
> Co-founder Gonçalo Quadros says the Coimbra company will no longer be the software developer it has been, but will keep making systems for aviation, aerospace and cars that humans must still verify.
Oh my...why I don't believe this statement of his?!